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Re: Length of lines
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 5 May 2001 00:26:48 GMT
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John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> I thought 80 was the number. That was the number when I started using the
> internet around 6 years ago. Has it been revised?
If it was 80, and most screens were 80x24, as soon as the first quote
happened it would wrap wrong. :) 72 has been the de-facto standard
for as long as I can remember (i think? was it ever mentioned in an
RFC?).
--
Oh, that Einstein, always skipping lectures... I certainly never
would have thought he could do it.
-Hermann Minkowski (1864-1909)
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| I thought 80 was the number. That was the number when I started using the internet around 6 years ago. Has it been revised? Build On! John Matthews ___...___ ____ 12345678901234567890...7890123456 7890 Fredrik Glöckner <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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