Why wrap @ 80?

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:28:41AM -0400, Noah John Gellner wrote:
> Why do we wrap text at 80 columns on TLUG, and elsewhere on the Net for
> that matter? I know that if your mailreader doesn't autowrap it can be
> unpleasant to read, but don't the vast majority of readers wrap? The
> advantage of not wrapping is that fwds, replies, and follow-ups don't
> get funky formatting due to the hard carriage returns. 

Mutt, elm, etc do NOT wrap the reply section, so it should have been
formatted already.  Don't assume anything will ever autowrap, so make
sure what you send is readable by everyone.

> I would be very happy to disable hard wordwrapping on vi.

I would be very unhappy receiving email from you.

Lennart Sorensen
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