Hi Michael,
On 20 April 2000 at 20:44:28 GMT +0200 (which was 19:44 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Word wrap and paragraph markers":
MDP>> TB adheres correctly to standards and breaks lines at the
MDP>> pre-configured position. What's more, with judicious use of the
MDP>> auto-format features you can get a fairly good approximation.
> Second: Nonetheless TB's behaviour could be improved.
> At home I'm using an (in Germany) fairly famous DOS client called
> "Crosspoint". This beast behaves *internally* (= as long as the
> message is not being sent) like a true Windows word processor in
> terms of word wrapping.
> It does so (I believe) by placing an 20h 20h 0Dh 0Ah at the end of each
> line. If it recognizes this combination of characters at the end of a
> line during editing, it behaves as if there is no CR/LF at all and wraps
> perfectly.
> Upon sending the message, all "20h 20h 0Dh 0Ah" are replaced with "0Dh
> 0Ah" and a message that perfectly adheres to standards leaves the
> system.
> Probably also an idea for TB?
And a *very* good one too, IMHO. Actually, any non-displaying
character could either precede or follow a line break to show it to be
an artificial one.
Perhaps it would make even more sense to use special references to the
EOP mark rather than the EOL.
OTOH, I think this debate has been thrashed to pieces from the hugely
divergent POVs that exist around TB editor functionality. Steve Lamb
so often and eloquently points out, the ideal is to have TB call an
external editor rather than bloat a very fine MUA to make it support
the whim and pleasure of everyone's favourite editor.
Personally, I'm sublimely happy with TB's editor, but Tom and Steve
make me feel very much in the minority.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer
Moderator TBUDL / TBBETA
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