At 19.08 +0100 98-03-19, Chris Newman wrote:
I'm starting to think "wrap=yes/no" is a misleading name for the
parameter. Perhaps "format=fixed-lines/paragraphs" would be better.
Anyone have a better suggestion? (and please don't suggest
"blurdybloop=yes/no" :-).
I do not think the recipient mailer is very interested in knowing
whether the sender has wrapped paragraphs or not. The receipient
mailer is interested in what kind of processing it should perform,
such as:
- Wrap long lines on the user display
- Use a smaller font, or a proportional font, so that long lines fit
on one line
- Insert a horizontal scroll bar in the viewing window
- Automatically convert CRLF to space and double CRLF to new paragraph
So the recipient mailer needs information if it should wrap or not,
not information about whether the sender has wrapped or not!
"wrap=no" might also indicate that a non-proportional font is suitable,
since the text may contain tables or ascii art. And "wrap=yes" might
indicate that a proportional font is suitable.
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