On 26 October 1999 at 18:43, [EMAIL PROTECTED] told the list:
OS> Sorry, I'd have no problem doing that. One possibility is what you
OS> just mentioned above. If the editor inserted, say, a CR/LF pair
OS> when the user presses Return, it could easily use a single CR to
OS> mark those lines that were formatted automatically.
This only works if the single CRs are converted back to CR/LF pairs
before transmission. It doesn't help distinguish paragraphs that are
in quoted text. It doesn't really change very much at all.
OS> Also, they should be using a multi-byte charset, there's enough
OS> space in there to use some magic sequence as a mark.
There maybe but it means TB users will be able to send mail to other
TB! users ... again, unless the mail is stripped of special encoding
before transmission.
OS> IMHO, the a-f function is just that, a function for display time
OS> wrapping of continuous strings.
I think not. IMHO It is a function to move the location of the CR/LF
pair within the paragraph of message text in memory so that when lines
are shown on-screen and (more importantly) *when sent* at the position
you see. The display function doesn't wrap - it shows the already
wrapped text.
OS> The simple function "justify on autowrap" wasn't, but as a-f does
OS> the formatting all the time, it has to deal with the problem.
Basic flawed assumption compounding error going on here, IMHO.
OS> Anyway, this discussion arose when someone said he's not happy
OS> with the way the function works.
It arose when I saw a clear definition of a specific fault within a-f
(as opposed to a "not happy" feeling) which I reported as a bug. I
also provided a suggested fix from a software engineering perspective.
I copied the bug report to this list for discussion and this is the
discussion that has arisen.
OS> Well, as someone also pointed out, it's a first try at a new
OS> function. Maybe it will become better.
... but not without reports of specific faults.
I have noticed that whenever I have reported a specific bug to a
software manufacturer, it has been fixed in about 99% of cases.
Whenever I have suggested an enhancement to functionality or an
improvement in a feature I have been pretty regularly ignored ...
although not always completely ;-).
Before anyone asks, I have to quickly add that I have never found a
way of successfully reporting a bug to M$. :-9
Cheers,
Marck
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