Text formatting (was Re: More on Clear Channel)

[dan.strassberg@att.net]

Garrett: I don't think that request is reasonable. I'm 
pretty sure that Outlook Express inserts hard returns at 
the ends of the lines it creates from the paragraphs I 
type. But that's the software's job, not mine. LOTS of 
software considers each paragraph to be a single text 
string and that ought to be fine. There are many good 
reasons for designing text editors and word processors 
in this way. The most obvious is that such designs make 
inserting and deleting _much_ easier because insertions 
and deletions don't mess up the display and print 
formatting.

Have you ever tried editing copy after hard returns have 
been inserted? What a bear--and the grief is 
unnecessary. All it takes to eliminate the problems is 
software that doesn't insert hard returns. The 
recipient's software should handle word-wrap and should 
take care of formatting the paragraphs so that they are 
displayed and printed in a resonable manner. If your 
software doesn't do that, get software that does. I 
don't believe that the Unix world has no such packages. 
If there truly are no such packages in Unix, then Unix 
afficionados don't deserve their reputation for being 
smart people.
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dan.strassberg@att.net
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> <<On Tue, 11 Jun 2002 12:29:58 -0700, "pete lee" <sunshine@angelfire.com> said:
> 
> > "The Texas company, owner of nine Denver stations, including FM stations KBCO, 
> KBPI, KTCL, KFMD (KISS) and KRFX (the FOX), and AM stations KHOW, KOA, and 
> KKZN-failed to tell investors that it had a net loss of $16.9 billion, or $27.85 
> per share, thanks to a $17 billion non-cash asset write-down.
> 
> Hey, folks....
> 
> 296-CHARACTER LINES ARE MUCH TOO LONG.
> 
> (Sorry for the shouting.)
> 
> Please press return after the end of each 72-character-or-less line of
> text.  I do not want to be forced to edit every post coming through
> the list.
> 
> -GAWollman
>