Netiquette

[A.J. Bonnema]

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most outdated MUA's are able to use wrapping, the guideline seems 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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