Re: How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-03 Thread Dwight Corrin
On Thursday, September 3, 2009, 5:18:11 AM, Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > Long lines are wrapped to the width of that window and it is just > plain wrong that they were sent to me that way IMNSHO. even worse is when they don't even wrap, but there is good reason for lines to be shorter. They are

Re: How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-03 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear Mfpa, @3-Sep-2009, 18:21 MFPA [M] in mid:1192642679.20090903182...@my_localhost said to Marck: ... M> I had always thought it was hard wrapping but on checking again it M> appears to be just cosmetic when placed in Outbox. I shall format M> this as one long line to test/illustrate what hap

Re: How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-03 Thread MFPA
Hi On Thursday 3 September 2009 at 12:35:52 PM, in , Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > Have you checked whether these are wrapped as a cosmetic exercise by > the viewer or hard wrapped with inserted CR/LF pairs? I would be > interested to know. I had always thought it was hard wrapping but on check

Re: How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-03 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear Mfpa, @3-Sep-2009, 12:17 MFPA [M] in mid:1932345199.20090903121...@my_localhost said to Marck: ... M> ... or put it in the outbox the long lines get wrapped to 96 M> characters. ... Have you checked whether these are wrapped as a cosmetic exercise by the viewer or hard wrapped with inser

Re: How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-03 Thread MFPA
Hi On Thursday 3 September 2009 at 11:18:11 AM, in , Marck D Pearlstone wrote: > This is not about TB or any other client. It is about > the email standard - RFC822, which says stuff about 70 > character line limits and how to delimit such things. I have noticed that if I edit a paragraph and

Re: How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-03 Thread Marck D Pearlstone
Dear Ac, @02-Sep-2009, 21:57 -0700 (03-Sep 05:57 here) AC [A] in mid:oviu951avoq6jijh7b1qt2tca7rdo5b...@4ax.com said: ... A> When I write a paragraph, how does it get sent if I use plain A> text? Exactly as seen. TB has already used hard CR/LF pairs at the end of each visible line to signify en

How do different programs process lines/wrapping ?

2009-09-02 Thread AC
Many of you will begin to think I'm obsessed with this issue, but I'm curious. How do email programs understand line wrapping, carriage returns, etc.? When I write a paragraph, how does it get sent if I use plain text? Do most programs split the paragraph into actual lines as soon as it is sent?