Re: [OT] Line wrapping

[renehl@post1.tele.dk (Rene H. Larsen)]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Lee Willis <lee@gbdirect.co.uk> writes:
> 
> > I was under the impression that is was common convention (Maybe even
> > RFC?) that you wrap lines at around 72 characters. Anyone any pointers
> > to where this is stated/implied/whatevered ...
> 
> I can't recall any RFC stating such (except for headers), but it's,
> uhm, a common convention.  :-)

RFC 1855 ("Netiquette Guidelines") specifies that you should

    - Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line
      with a carriage return.

but the 72 character limit seems to be a more common convention.
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