On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:07:49 +0200, Hadron wrote: > Alan Mackenzie <[email protected]> writes: > >> In gnu.misc.discuss Doctor Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> One last thing, when are you guys going to format these messages so that >>> they are easily readable by humans? >> >>> They look like they came out of some listsever ciraca 1975. >> >> I find them perfectly readable - they have an optimal line width of ~70 >> characters, there's a single line gap between paragraphs, and they aren't >> right justified, hence giving the eye something to grip onto. This has >> been standard Usenet formatting since there was Usenet. >> >> It could be you're using inappropriate software to read it with - you >> should configure your software to display posts in an easily readable >> fashion (whatever that means for you), and if you can't do this, start >> using some decent software with which you can. What are you using, by >> the way? > > I think he is referring to the blockquote stuff. Totally unnecessary.
Yep.. It went right over his head. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
