On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 16:56 +1300, Michael Hutchinson wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matt Kettler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 4:43 p.m. > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org > > Subject: Re: user_prefs: mind the linebreak > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > MK> Why would there ever be a problem fitting on one line? Lines > aren't > > > MK> limited to 80 characters or anything silly like that.. > > > > > > MK> That sounds a bit like complaining that a ship must fit in the > > water.. > > > MK> There's a whole ocean out there, so who cares if you can't put > one > > > MK> boat in 2 rain puddles.. > > > > > > Call me old fashioned, but I still want to be able to keep lines to > a > > > length I prefer. > > > > > Call me older fashioned.. I consider line-wrapping a bit too "fancy" > for > > my config editing preferences. > > Line wrapping in config is bad. I've had several instances of an editor > in linux that I won't name where I've lost config data because of it > wrapping lines instead of just displaying it off page until I'm ready to > see it. > > This seems to happen a lot more frequently with terminal emulation, > however, usually when SSH'd into a linux box using an emu like putty. > > And they still haven't got terminal emulation correct, after all these > years. Admittedly if you stick to 80x25 you're probably a bit better > off, but 80x25 don't cut it on a 21 inch LCD. > No, but 12 windows of konsole @ 80x25 on a 21" widescreen is a sight to behold, and the 19" dual monitor to the right just ratchets up the nerd factor that much more. Bow before me, for I am root 12 times over! Mwwaahaaahaaahaaa :^P
Rubin (Mostly benevolent BOFH for ~30 networks, 100+ servers, and too many desktops to count) > Cheers, > Mike > -- Rubin Bennett RB Technologies http://thatitguy.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] (802)223-4448 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor safety" --Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759