On Jan 17, 2012, at 8:16 PM, Michael Ludwig wrote: > Eric Weir schrieb am 17.01.2012 um 05:59 (-0500): >> On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Michael Ludwig wrote: >>> Eric Weir schrieb am 16.01.2012 um 18:36 (-0500): >>>> >>>> Still not quite clear about the concept of "flowing" and "reflowed" >>>> text. The way Tim put it makes it sound like all paragraphs, not >>>> just each paragraph, on one line. > > Tradition of typing text into terminals: 72 or 76 or 78 characters > (colums) per line. Because 80 columsn was the width of the terminal > and some columns were needed for line numbering. > > Flowing text: refers to text as long as it gets on one line, without > any regard for the old terminal width limit. > > Just two different styles of writing text. Can both be observed on > mailing lists etc.
Thanks, Michael. My intuitions--as they started to develop after this discussion got started, not the ones I started with--seem to be along the right path. What you describe is pretty much what I was guessing was being discussed. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
