> -----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. Cheers, Mike
