On 2015-09-16 08:12 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: > There is an issue in that Grady does need to end his long lines (== > paragraph) with a space, or fold them with trailing spaces; otherwise > his lines render as "fixed" in the format=flowed regime, which causes > them to _not_ be folded for display.
OK, thanks for the explanation. > The other side of the coin is that that spec _recommends_ folding at > <78 in the composition phase in order than a user whose mail reader > doesn't understand format=flowed can still see somewhat well laid out > text. > > To take an example, I'm writing this message in format=flowed but > folding my lines at <78 (with trailing spaces to indicate reflowable > text). The display _should_ be nicely flowed to match the reader's > reflow settings. But if you pipe the raw message data through less > you should at least see text folded before 78 chars, which > accomodates simple message inspection or incompetent mail reader > software. I'm afraid this backfires for me (mutt 1.5.21). What happens is that if my wrap < your soft line length (e.g. assume wrap=72 on my side), the pager breaks your lines _both_ at 72 _and_ at 78. The result is similar to what I always get reading plain text messages in Gmail: a hard to read mess. If you just had 1 long line per paragraph (terminated with a space), it would fold only at 78 and look fine. Am I still missing something? -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.
