Re: Definitions

[Michael W Zappe]

On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 04:08:12PM +0200, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
> In article <[e-mail]> you write:
> >Mutt and emacs originally.  Basla 0.8 after that.  
> >
> >Maybe you guys should just go get a mail reader that 
> >can do word wrapping FOR YOU, since doing it myself is
> >a royal pain in the ass since I ususally EDIT my emails
> >before sending them.  And have no trouble reading my
> >own mail.
> 
> Common courtesy is something that is valuable in every society.
> Even here.
> 
> Sending out messages that are hard to read and then expecting
> everybody except you to adjust to that is not what common
> courtesy is. It's egoistic.
> 

I have never, ever had anyone complain before.  Now it's a big
hairy issue.  And aparently no matter what editor I'm using,
someone starts bitching, and giving sarcastic answers as to
how I'm not following some unspoken law.   I have never had a
problem reading continuously flowed text.  Apparently it's a
big deal in other parts of the world somehow.  

I really don't mind helping other people, and am willing to 
practice common courtesy.  Unfortunately no-one gives a good 
answer to what it is, they just assume you are an idiot if you
don't allready know it.  Ahhh, the unspoken elitism of linux
development...

> >Pray tell, what is the "standard" linux mail setup?  May
> >I be enlightened to the holy levels that the ubergeeks
> >on the list have achieved.
> 
> It's the same as on almost every mailing list on the planet and
> all usenet groups and thas been the case for 20 years or so.
> If you choose to ignore that, fine, but don't be surprised
> if people choose to ignore you as a result.
> 

You never answered my question.  What IS the standard?  I 
have never had this problem before, on ANY list, ever.
But now people seem to be making a bigger deal about the
format of my posts, and the MUA I use than the questions
I'm asking.

And, to be nice, I wrapped it by hand, since all the MUAs 
in existance seem to be broken.

Does anyone know of an elisp program/major mode/command to 
automatically do proper word wrapping?  There seems to be
one for everything else...

	Mike

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