On Mar 17, 10:53am, Jacob Palme wrote:
} Subject: Some notes about the wrap=yes/no or Text/Paragraph issue
}
} Should a sender who has wrapped a message indicate wrap=no or wrap=yes?
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}
} It is important to specify whether "wrap=no" means that the sender has
} already wrapped the message into < 80-character lines, or whether it
} is advice to the receiving mailer on whether to wrap or use horizontal
} scrolling for long lines. [...]
}
} Thus, even if the sending mailer has already wrapped the message, it
} should still have "wrap=yes" (or be sent as "text/paragraph").
I think this illustrates that we're not faced with a yes-or-no question.
You're trying to make a distinction between "fill" and "nofill" which is
not appropriate for the (so far discussed) meaning of the parameter. If
that's an important distinction to make, then probably there should be
additional values.
However, that's drifting even farther down the path of markup languages.
} "wrap=no" should only be used for messages which contain ascii art
} and tables.
Most messages that contain tables etc. will contain "ordinary" text as
well.
} Suppose a message only contains very short paragraphs, with no
} paragraph longer than 70 characters. For example, a message which
} only contains the word "Yes!" or only contains the phrase "Hear,
} hear!". How should such a message be handled?
Exactly as if the text weren't short.
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