RE: [OT]user_prefs: mind the linebreak

[Rubin Bennett <rb...@thatitguy.com>]

On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 16:56 +1300, Michael Hutchinson wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Kettler [mailto:mkettler_sa@verizon.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 19 February 2008 4:43 p.m.
> > To: jidanni@jidanni.org
> > Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> > Subject: Re: user_prefs: mind the linebreak
> > 
> > jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> > > MK> Why would there ever be a problem fitting on one line? Lines
> aren't
> > > MK> limited to 80 characters or anything silly like that..
> > >
> > > MK> That sounds a bit like complaining that a ship must fit in the
> > water..
> > > MK> There's a whole ocean out there, so who cares if you can't put
> one
> > > MK> boat in 2 rain puddles..
> > >
> > > Call me old fashioned, but I still want to be able to keep lines to
> a
> > > length I prefer.
> > >
> > Call me older fashioned.. I consider line-wrapping a bit too "fancy"
> for
> > my config editing preferences.
> 
> Line wrapping in config is bad. I've had several instances of an editor
> in linux that I won't name where I've lost config data because of it
> wrapping lines instead of just displaying it off page until I'm ready to
> see it.
> 
> This seems to happen a lot more frequently with terminal emulation,
> however, usually when SSH'd into a linux box using an emu like putty.
> 
> And they still haven't got terminal emulation correct, after all these
> years. Admittedly if you stick to 80x25 you're probably a bit better
> off, but 80x25 don't cut it on a 21 inch LCD.
> 
No, but 12 windows of konsole @ 80x25 on a 21" widescreen is a sight to
behold, and the 19" dual monitor to the right just ratchets up the nerd
factor that much more. Bow before me, for I am root 12 times over!
Mwwaahaaahaaahaaa :^P

Rubin
(Mostly benevolent BOFH for ~30 networks, 100+ servers, and too many
desktops to count)

> Cheers,
> Mike
> 
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