Re: Width of line
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On 03/08/08 16:46, Andrius wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote:
>> On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +0000, Andrius wrote:
>>> Lads,
>>>
>>> would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line.
>>> How many characters should be in the row of typical UNIX (or txt)
>>> text file?
>>> Were made a signature in ASCII in vim, and when it was attached to
>>> Thunderbird, some rows was broken and ASCII art together. Were
>>> suspect that it has happened because of too many characters in a row,
>>> and when some characters were removed, everything starts to look OK.
>>>
>>> How many chars should be in text file please?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Andrius
>>
>> Usually less then 80, but <=72 would be a safe bet. BTW, signatures
>> should generally not exceed 5 rows (netiquette).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Andrei
>
> 78 was too big. After 72 looks OK.
> Is 5 rows really netiquette?
Yes. It's not as important now, though, as when modems were *slow*,
monitors small, and disk space expensive.
Just don't go crazy.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended
by the kni-ife."
Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley
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