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Re: How to display format=flowed (and other topics)?



On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 07:35:19PM +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> On 2005-10-12 13:21:36 -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> 
> >> Reflowing to the width of the terminal or GUI windows is, what 
> >> format=flowed is all about. Not doing it is certainly a bug.
> 
> I'm sorry, but that argument goes too short.  format=flowed tells us
> that the author is happy about having their text re-flowed.  It also
> makes it easier to re-flow text.  But why does that mean that we
> *have* to reflow it, instead of making the best use of that
> information to make messages as readable as possible?

The problem, Thomas, is that you are making a completely arbitrary
decision as to what is the most readable, and forcing it on the users.
If a user WANTS to read 132-column e-mail, you have taken away their
ability to do so, arbitrarily, for no good reason.

If your terminal is less than 77 characters, format=flowed is a win
for you.  And if it isn't, you get whatever Thomas likes.

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