On Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:58:38 EST, Neil Parks wrote:
> On 18 Aug 00 at 11:44, arachne-digest wrote:
>> From: Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> I don't know what Eric uses but I use Netscape and it displays only what
>> it gets. So, without CRLFs, Richard's post went off into right field for
>> me also. In addition, if I try to quote a message like that, Netscape will
>> wrap it into the compose window but cuts the line off at 256 characters.
>> Arachne is a LOT more polite in that respect. The onscreen wrap goes into
>> the outbound text.
> DOS pgms such as Arachne use hard wrapping. When they wrap a line on the
> screen, they also insert a CRLF into the text.
> Winblows apps, OTOH, use soft wrapping. Since Windows windows can be
> resized, the displayed text rewraps itself to fit onto the screen. But
> the text in the file isn't changed. So when a Winblows user writes an
> email and a DOS user reads it, the poor DOS user gets lines that are too
> long.
> --
> ....This msg brought to you by NEIL PARKS Beachwood, Ohio
Hmmm... *Arachne* DOS users don't...
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