Re: Standard for soft return by automatic word and line wrap
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 14:46:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> After 72 signs my MUA does an automatic line wrap.
And your MUA is...
X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4
> When I receive mails from the list and I do reply, sometimes the quotes
> are bad.
This can be "normal".
I, for instance, use to force non-break lines for lines that deserve it
(long entries from log files, paths to files or folders, URLs...) so they
don't break in several lines to gain readability.
The drawback is that these long lines would break quotes when replying.
> I experienced the same with mails from a friend and he told me that it
> takes 78 signs for him.
> Is there a standard for how many signs it should take to do an automatic
> line wrap?
Where to force a break is completely up to the user (it's a configurable
setting) but the norm is set this length to 72 (or 80) characters, being
the former preferable for either compose and reading.
> I also wonder if there are any light weighted editors able to do no
> automatic line wrap for programming and to do automatic line wrap, when
> using them for non-program-code-text.
I guess that many (Gedit, for instance).
> PS:
> 12345678-1-2345678-2-2345678-3-2345678-4-2345678-5-2345678-6-2345678-7-2
> new line
It renders and is handled fine in my newsreader.
Now I will force a long line (>72 characters):
123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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