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Line wrapping in DAT files.
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:04:45 GMT
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Kevin B <kevinb01@netfocus.net> wrote in message news:FDFz59.6wp@lugnet.com...
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> John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message
> > This is a fun little ship. If I ever run out of SW sets to buy, this ship
> > will probably mark my return to the secondary market :)
> >
> > It looks as though you forgot to set your line width, as several lines • were
> > wrapped.
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> Darn. I keep forgetting to do that! Do you think that you or Steve could
> come up with a utility to check the line width, and if it isn't set to, oh,
> say 140 or so, a big hand (preferably with three fingers and wearing a white
> glove) comes swinging out of the side of my monitor and delivers what those
> in the business call a "Dope Slap"? ;)
Todd,
Is there any possibility of curing this line-wrapping problem at the LUGNET
end? I'm wondering if there is any difference in the CR/LF codes between
those "native" to the .dat file and those added by news/mail programs. If so,
perhaps the added ones could be removed before the article is posted?
I realize this problem isn't your fault. If we users could just remember to
change our line width, this wouldn't be a problem. But, I don't really see
that happening consistently, so other solutions should be explored.
Is it possible to send an attachment with a news article, much like the web
interface? If that could be implemented, it would solve the problem as well.
Any other ideas (besides the face-slapping utility)?
-John Van
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Line wrapping in DAT files.
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| (...) No, there's no way to detect the difference without doing some extremely clever parsing/gymnastics on the text. DAT files in news articles are just plain text. (...) Maybe. I would just recommend always posting DAT files via the web interface. (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Line wrapping in DAT files.
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| John VanZwieten <john_vanzwieten@email.msn.com> wrote in message news:FDH8Du.9vG@lugnet.com... (...) LUGNET (...) so, (...) to (...) see (...) web (...) well. (...) Hi John, What line width are we supposed to use? Mine is set at 76. Thanks, Adam (25 years ago, 14-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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