Re: Re: Control Panel
By: Digital Man to Nightfox on Fri Jul 19 2019 12:46 pm
I imagine the problem is that offline mail readers don't have the
logic to look at the COLS header field and re-wrap accordingly. I'm
not sure if all the same header fields would be there for offline mail
readers, either.. I never used offline mail readers very much though.
QWK and QWKE standards don't include the Synchronet-specific HEADERS.DAT file, which is where the COLS field would be found (if a reader wanted to use it). I think offline readers should be able to support long-line-paragraphs ("flowed" format) though. Have you thought about changing SlyEdit to use a flowed output format?
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters (since they're prefixed with quote charcaters),
but any new text added (such as this
paragraph) should be written as one single line so that the reader can wrap it the best way for the reader's width. I hope this message looks good when read on a BBS or an offline mail reader.
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters (since they're prefixed with quote charcaters), but any new text added (such as this paragraph) should be written as one single line so that the reader can wrap it the best way for the reader's width. I hope this message looks good when read on a BBS or an offline mail reader.
I imagine the problem is that offline mail readers don't have the
logic to look at the COLS header field and re-wrap accordingly. I'm
not sure if all the same header fields would be there for offline mail
readers, either.. I never used offline mail readers very much though.
QWK and QWKE standards don't include the Synchronet-specific HEADERS.DAT file, which is where the COLS field would be found (if a reader wanted to use it). I think offline readers should be able to support long-line-paragraphs ("flowed" format) though. Have you thought about changing SlyEdit to use a flowed output format?
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a
flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters
(since they're prefixed with quote charcaters), but any new text
added (such as this paragraph) should be written as one single line
so that the reader can wrap it the best way for the reader's width.
Apologies. I was slow to realise that feedback might be useful for you. The above paragragh looked great margin to margin in Golded (about 135 char width), in a SSH hookup to my Fido node.
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a
flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters
(since they're prefixed with quote charcaters), but any new text added (such as this paragraph) should be written as one single line so that
the reader can wrap it the best way for the reader's width. I hope
this message looks good when read on a BBS or an offline mail reader.
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a
flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters
(since they're prefixed with quote charcaters), but any new text
added (such as this paragraph) should be written as one single line
Looks good to me in Multimail. :)
On 08-05-19 14:14, Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a
flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters
(since they're prefixed with quote charcaters), but any new text added (such as this paragraph) should be written as one single line so that
the reader can wrap it the best way for the reader's width. I hope
this message looks good when read on a BBS or an offline mail reader.
On 08-07-19 09:23, Nightfox wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Re: Re: Flowed output from editors
By: Tony Langdon to Nightfox on Wed Aug 07 2019 12:18 pm
I'm in the process of updating SlyEdit to write output in more of a
flowed format. Quoted lines should still be within 80 characters
(since they're prefixed with quote charcaters), but any new text
added (such as this paragraph) should be written as one single line
Looks good to me in Multimail. :)
Thanks. I was hoping someone would be able to confirm with an offline reader.
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