/ Rado Q wrote on Tue 20.Nov'12 at 22:27:43 +0100 / > =- Jamie Paul Griffin wrote on Tue 20.Nov'12 at 20:57:53 +0000 -= > > > > Ok, we disagree on basic principles, because I require > > > responsible and respectful users for any tool, no matter how > > > well or badly it's coded. > > > > I think to label someone as disrespectful and irresponsible simply > > because they don't set a line wrap in an email is ridiculous and > > certainly OTT. Surely you have more serious matters to worry about > > than that. > > > > > People kill people, guns are just their tools for it. > > > You'll never make a foolproof gun to avoid misuse. > > > > Again, an analogy which is very over dramatic. No disrespect > > intented mind you :-) > > I'm not comparing scale but principle. > It's not on par with mass-murder, but it's basically wrong at the > origin, not the receiver. > > If you agree that it's a minor thing, you could simply produce > easy-on-the-eyes wrapped text and nobody would ever raise it again. :)
My first response to Chris when he raised the issue stated that I would happily adjust the setting for vi, on invocation from mutt, to address the issue. Chris kindly responded with a muttrc tip. I have no problem at all with line wrapping my emails for the users of this list if it is causing them readability issues. I like this list very much, using it and contributing to it, so the last thing i want is to upset or irritate fellow users over such a matter. My confusion is simply due to the fact that when my emails come through from mutt's mailing list manager to my server and I read them with mutt, I don't experience the readability issues others seem to. It's not something that has been pointed out to me on other lists or other people I communicate with by email either. Best wishes, Jamie.
