Path: utzoo!utstat!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!maytag!looking!brad From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Line wrap? Message-ID: <96178@looking.on.ca> Date: 15 Feb 90 04:02:47 GMT References: <2933.25D60BEC@fidogate.FIDONET.ORG> <10183@hoptoad.uucp> <10249@hoptoad.uucp> Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 15 Class: discussion Many people have terminals as wide as 132 columns or more. It is, however, safe to assume that very few people want to read text lines that are this long. My experience is that such an aspect ratio in your text is uncomfortable. This is also why most sources of text, from newspapers to paperbacks, prefer a short column width when they can get it. I am sure one or two people might come out and say they like it, but market studies indicate it's not a big demand. Of course, wrapped text can be wrapped to a nice length like 60 columns even on a 130 column display, it does offer choice. But the burden of having everybody write in text formatter language is too much for the tiny gain, at least right now. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473