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From: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re:Next Amiga System
Message-ID: <0XKF3Ry00Vsf03AldO@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 16 Oct 88 21:13:01 GMT
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon
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In-Reply-To: <8XJuKiy00Wg9ER5Ull@andrew.cmu.edu>

> *Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 15-Oct-88 Re:Next Amiga System Rick F.*
> *Golembiewski@and (7431)*
> there is a slight problem when one uses a workstation that has proportional
> fonts this line is the...
> same size as the above line, do blame Andre/IBM RT not me, however I will
> try to minimize size!
Messages (the primary Andrew Message System user interface) runs in a resizable
window with proportional fonts.  Its message editor wraps the text to fit the
margins of its window.  When you send the message, the delivery system wraps
each line at 80 characters, exactly as you see this message (which was typed
with Messages).  It also removes style information such as _italics_ and*
**boldface* for those sites which do not support it (such as Usenet), replacing
them with underscores and asterisks.

The problem occurs when you hit RETURN at the end of each line instead of once
at the end of each paragraph.  The Messages software obeys these hard carriage
returns and does not wrap lines.  Hence everyone else on Usenet sees yucky
messages.  Solution: stay away from the RETURN key and let Messages worry about
the problem for you.

Obviously this message has little to do with Amigas, but I didn't want everyone
else to think our software was brain-damaged or something (well, it is in some
ways, but this isn't one of them).

                        --M

Michael Portuesi / Information Technology Center / Carnegie Mellon University
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