> Phillip Helbig: > >> > All the files in the latex distribution are checked for the 72 > >> > character limit as part of the Makefile that makes up the > >> > distribution. > >> > >> Last year I changed it to check for 80 characters per line. I'm not > >> going to support mail gateways that cut at 72. > > > >If 80 gets through, you can't quote it without rewrapping it yourself. > > Sure, no problem: My text editor can handle lines of more than 5000 > characters, which can be displayed without wrapping using a scroll-bar. So > I write such a line, puts it in the mail, making sure the automated > hard-wrapping feature is turned off, the letter being MIME'd. When it > arrives, the line is picked together to 5000 character length, and the > recipient displays that as is deemed suitable, say with a scroll-bar, > without wrapping. > > So LaTeX needs not worry about email line length limitations, really. ^^^^^ Is there some confusion here? I'm referring not to LaTeX source, but rather to email messages to this list. If someone writes *****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6----_----7-- and I quote it, it becomes > *****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6----_----7-- and if that gets quoted it becomes > > *****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6----_----7-- and again > > > *****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6----_----7-- another one > > > > *****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6----_----7-- and it is 80 characters. If it gets quoted again > > > > > *****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6----_----7-- then it is too long---not just for (some) email software or terminals, but to read easily (I don't want a horizontal scroll bar). If I wrap it, then I get > > > > >*****$#--1----_----2----_----3----_----4----_----5----_----6--- -_----7-- which is not what I want, since the second line should be preceded by the quote symbol as well. If someone uses "== " or some other longer quote symbol than "> " then the situation is worse. -- Phillip Helbig Email ... [log in to unmask] Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories Tel. ..... +44 1477 571 321 (ext. 297) Jodrell Bank Fax ................. +44 1477 571 618 Macclesfield Telex ................. 36149 JODREL G UK-Cheshire SK11 9DL Web .... http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pjh/ My opinions are not necessarily those of NRAL or the University of Manchester.