Jay Toser wrote:

> 1) ... I LOVE TEXT ...

Me too.  My problem is that the HTML n.n (n's being really small numbers)  format I think is more universally viewable TODAY than the 80-character-line TXT on more devices (my ipod touch and 12" wide laptop screen each giving different readability problems: wacky wraparound and too fine a print in Notepad, respectively).


> 2) My only recommendation in this debate is this: There is no longer a need for a
> hard line break at every 80 character line.  However, I believe there is still a need for a
> hard line break between paragraphs.

Completely agreed.  That was the gist of my original proposal.

Another question is whether today's most primitive TXT-reading softwares now come with wraparound-- and by this I mean "terminal editors" like emacs and vi.  Or what is the most primitive device in use today-- is it a 1980 Win 3.1 'puter, perhaps the itouch (in some regards)?

Another idea is whether we could tolerate another format. If we've already got half a dozen, why not have another that is "non-80 plain text" (defined above by Jay).




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