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Re: text/paragraph or wrap=yes/no

1998-03-12 16:19:30
At 2:46 PM -0600 3/12/98, Chris Newman wrote:
Cons:
* Due to (C) compatibility problem, an additional "MUST be able to
  generate `wrap=no' text suitable for 80-column display, and SHOULD do
  so by default" rule has to be added.  This may be a significant change
  to software in class (B).

Why add this requirement to wrap=yes but not to text/paragraph?  Seems like
it makes every bit as much sense to say:

 * Due to (C) compatibility problem, an additional "MUST be able to
   generate text/plain text suitable for 80-column display, and SHOULD do
   so by default" rule has to be added.  This may be a significant change
   to software in class (B).