Re: Netiquette

["A.J. Bonnema" <abonnema xs4all nl>]

Emmanuel Seyman wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 01:53:54AM +0100, A.J. Bonnema wrote:
>
> > good idea to end lines at 65 characters. When most if not all but the 
> > most outdated MUA's are able to use wrapping, the guideline seems 
> > useless and could be changed.
>
>
> Client-side wrapping breaks code snippets, log files, URIs and attached
> text files.
> I'm not sure this is a good idea.
>
> Emmanuel

coding:
Only if your code extends beyond 65 or 72 characters, whichever you use. 
 I don't know about all languages, but usually more characters won't be 
very clear coding anyway.

logfiles, URI.
I agree, with URI's this is especially annoying.

However, in general I think I understand why the rule was inserted into 
the netiquette. You don't adjust the majority of messages to a minority 
of special messages (containing code, log messages etc).
Usually code will be attached in an attachment anyway, except for code 
snippets. Large logfiles ditto.

Guus.
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