Re: QUESTION: Line Length
Spunk1111 ( spu...@aol.com ) 20.04.99 "Re: QUESTION: Line Length": > >Message-id: <371...@news.inxpress.net> > >How long do you think I should set my line length to be? I know it's > >annoying when pics wrap in Netscape, but I just got Free Agent and it's > >awesome. I would think at 72 lines, or can readers do more? > > Pete Casso did a report on this topic a while ago for this > newsgroup. If I recall correctly, the number was 62 -- > A width of 62 characters would accommodate most reader > programs and not wrap. 62? Even a simple DOS-box can do 80 and every newsreader I know can show at least 75... ___ ____/ "\____,\______,\___ _,\ PGP-Key / "\ \ _>_ . \\ "T \ available / \ \ T~ i___/ ' / \ \ ' / i ! "\ . \ \ |______/_____>_______/__i .> - - - -- --- -----\ |-----------------------| _//--- -- - - \| Pa-...@gmx.de |/ The Cursed Cursor curses and having cursed curses
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a5f005ff2cc67e11 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: pa-...@GMX.de (David Hendrix) Subject: Re: QUESTION: Line Length Date: 1999/04/21 Message-ID: <7FH...@ratcentral.gmx.de>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 469144641 References: <371...@news.inxpress.net> <199...@ng-cc1.aol.com> Organization: Rage Machine Mainsystem (WHQ Twister Hate Club (THC)) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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