[gutvol-d] What is the intended use of TXT format-- why line breaks?

Hi. I have looked at PG's books in both HTML and TXT formats, on several different devices, from large-screen laptops to netbooks to an Ipod Touch. In just about every possible scenario, I had the line breaks creating an irregular right margin down the screen that made for unpleasant reading. I also tried taking one of the raw TXT files to make "my own" HTML file, and was tripped up by the line breaks. In order to prevent me from making the suggestion of changing the whole collection, can someone tell me why that number of characters on the screen was chosen? -- Greg M. Johnson http://pterandon.blogspot.com