Long lines are also a problem for me and I too spend a lot of time keeping things short.
One additional problem I seem to have is that, when breaking up long lines, the <enter> key seems to result in double spacing. That being the case, I try to use <shift><enter> instead, but it's hard to remember when you just want to get some thoughts down before falling victim to a senior moment. > Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:03:24 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Netiquette Guidelines (Was: Preview: z/OS V1.12) > To: [email protected] > =snip= > Actually, I would appreciate it if more people followed > this guideline: > > "Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a > line with a carriage return." > > > Long lines are problematic for me; a mail client may well > automatically wrap to fit screen size, but when replying, > long lines generally don't wrap and I spend a lot of time > reformatting the quoted text to make it readable without > scrolling or having wierd line breaks. But that's my > problem and I'll live with it. But it would be nice if > people gave it some thought. > > > > -- > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock > The Trainer's Friend, Inc. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469226/direct/01/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
