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Jack Crawford wrote:
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If I ever want to copy/paste any of that
> original text into another msg or word processor, I have to go through it
> and delete every carriage return.
>
.....
> Sometimes this comes from people using "typewriter technology" and hitting
> the return key at the end of each line instead of letting the computer do
> the wrap work for them.
>
An awful lot of people are still using e-mail in a non-window
environment. Frankly, after having cycled through several
of the "graphical" mail tools, I really prefer the tool on
my dear old vax. I am, however, limping along with one of
the "modern" tools, and am reminded each morning (somewhere
around the 3rd or 4th message) that I must set "wrap long
lines" since this parameter is not saved or settable in any
configuration file that I or my sysadmin have found.
I get pretty annoyed at the preponderance of an "it'll do it
for you, everybody's everywhere is the same, get with the
times" attitude. Personally, I can't tell *what* YOUR tool
is going to do to my message, so I'll make it presentable on
as many screens as I can, 80 columns is still "norbal".
As for re-using your email in a word processor, I think
you'll find that if you have an "export" or "save" utility
it *should* take care of the carriage returns for you.
Meanwhile, what on earth are the "=20"s that follow every
line in some mail tools?
Sorry I've run-on, but we seem to have hit one of my peeves.
Cheers to all,
--
Jeff Seeger Applied CAD Knowledge Inc
Chief Technical Officer Tyngsboro, MA 01879
[log in to unmask] 508 649 9800
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