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On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, at 12:12:21 [GMT -0800], George F Schoelles wrote:
MY>> However, if you insist on long lines that will, no doubt, cause readers to use the
MY>> horizontal scroll bar, or view the message in an uncontrolled, and most likely,
MY>> unwanted manner, then by all means turn off "Utilities/Auto-Wrap" (Shift-Ctrl-W).
MY>> Should the demonstration in the previous paragraph actually work, my
MY>> apologies to everyone else.
GFS> You where demonstrating just what?
Not everyone would see the top paragraph, attributed to me above, in
the same way. If you turn off auto-wrap before you open my message you
will see only one line. If auto-wrap is on, that line will be wrapped
to the current window size at the time the message is opened. If you
resize the window, close it and then open the message again, you will
see the line split differently. This behavior doesn't reflect anyone's
preferences, but does demonstrate a complete lack of control over the
formatting of the message.
By showing the author a message wrapped to his window and not his
"wrap-before-send" settings, there is a possibility that no two
parties will ever see the message wrapped in the same manner. Haven't
you ever read a message that was mailed to you or posted to USENet
with Outlook Express using out of the box defaults?
Being able to switch the formatting from during-the-edit to
prior-to-send may be simple, or it may require a second complete edit
module. In either case, I, for one, don't think it is worth the
effort. I'd like to go on record as stating that such an option would
not enhance The Bat!.
Mike Yetto
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