Re: Line lengths and techniques for automatic adjustment
Tuesday, September 9, 2003, David R. Austen wrote: Anyway, my way of reducing such long lines to 70 characters in my reply/forward/redirect is a bit cumbersome. I don't to it line by line, but even paragraph by paragraph is irksome. It seems that if I do not, these lines will stay very long in the messages received from me. How do other Batters deal with this, please? Use %WRAPPED=%QUOTES in your reply/forward/whatever template -- Urban The word trousers is an uncommon noun because it is singular at the top and plural at the bottom. Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Line lengths and techniques for automatic adjustment
Hello, Urban: U Tuesday, September 9, 2003, David R. Austen wrote: I regret to inform . . . that after using this (generous) advice I am still not getting wrapping of those very long lines of messages to which I am replying. Here is my new, modified template (in part): - - - - Hello, %OFromFName: %ODateEn, %OTimeLongEn, you wrote: %WRAPPED=%QUOTES - - - - - Please tell me if that wrap code in the right position, for example. Best regards, David Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Line lengths and techniques for automatic adjustment
Hi David, @10-Sep-2003, 16:44 -0400 (21:44 UK time) David R. Austen [DRA] in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] said to Urban: DRA Here is my new, modified template (in part): ... snip DRA %WRAPPED=%QUOTES DRA Please tell me if that wrap code in the right position, for DRA example. That's not going to work. the %WRAPPED= macro only wraps to end of paragraph. You need to use the recursive wrapping template on the FAQ Library. Fortunately for you, you are still using v1. That template doesn't work on v2, but will work fine for what you want to do. For the rest of you, I intend to publish the v2 version for the library shortly. -- Cheers -- .\\arck D Pearlstone -- List moderator TB! v2.00.6 on Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Line lengths and techniques for automatic adjustment
Greetings, In one recent message, this was the approximate length of a single line I received: (say, 107 characters) 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 1234567 Over the years I have learned that it is good to have about 70 characters in a line. (Perhaps that is somewhat subjective; no criticism is intended of those who keep their lines longer.) Anyway, my way of reducing such long lines to 70 characters in my reply/forward/redirect is a bit cumbersome. I don't to it line by line, but even paragraph by paragraph is irksome. It seems that if I do not, these lines will stay very long in the messages received from me. How do other Batters deal with this, please? Best regards, David Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Line lengths and techniques for automatic adjustment
Hello David, Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 2:21:36 PM, you wrote: DRA Over the years I have learned that it is good to have about 70 DRA characters in a line. (Perhaps that is somewhat subjective; no DRA criticism is intended of those who keep their lines longer.) DRA How do other Batters deal with this, please? Good question. Generally, I go to the paragraph in question and hit ALT-L. I normally have to do this because while their original text was 70 chars, when I reply and their initials plus the makes most of them go over 70. -- Leif (TB list moderator and fellow end user). Using The Bat! 2.00 under Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 on a Pentium 4 2GHz with 512MB Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Line lengths and techniques for automatic adjustment
Hello, Leif: Tuesday, September 9, 2003, 4:42:53 PM, you wrote: LG Good question. Generally, I go to the paragraph in question and hit LG ALT-L. Great tip. Thank you much. I'll bet there is somebody out there who knows the real black magic. LG I normally have to do this because while their original text LG was 70 chars, when I reply and their initials plus the makes most LG of them go over 70. Best wishes, David Current version is 2.00 | Using TBUDL information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
