[OT] Line wrapping

[OT] Line wrapping

[Lee Willis]

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 ...

You can reply to me direct to avoid clogging the list if you want,
apologies for sending this to the list in the first place, but there are
so many mail-savvy people here ;)

Cheers,
Lee.
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Re: [OT] Line wrapping

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

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.  :-)

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: [OT] Line wrapping

[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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