Re: Another problem I need to add to my list: word-wrapping. (Re: My list of present problems with Pan.)

Am 23.10.2011 05:01, schrieb Duncan:
> Heinrich Müller posted on Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:17:02 +0000 as excerpted:
>
>> Am Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:41:40 +0000 schrieb SciFi:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I guess this would be #7 in my list, but the "priority" should be
>>> raised somewhat, please.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A text article can be reformatted with the View->BodyPane->Wrap
>>> function (or simply hit 'w' on the keyboard while viewing a text
>>> message).
>>>
>>> The judgefudge repo is trying to make the text look nice this way,
>>> but I see it is sometimes wrapping the text too "strongly".
>>>
>> Don't blame me, i didn't change anything in the wrapping code.
> I'm not sure he's blaming you, simply mentioning that he's running your
> repo and that it's not fixed there, so it's likely to be broken
> everywhere, ATM.
>
> FWIW, this has been quite frustrating to me, for years.  The same "table
> needs wrapped one way, text a different way" issues REGULARLY occur with
> the technical type posts I spend a lot of time reading and answering.
>
> Consider, for example, a traceroute "table" posting, with explanatory
> text before and after, or ascii-art diagrams illustrating some text or
> other.  In either case, the tables and ascii-art may well be composed or
> edited if necessary for posting, with the standard 72-80 char wrapping in
> mind, and thus display perfectly "unwrapped".  But the text will commonly
> extend "forever" if unwrapped, so one must wrap it to read it correctly,
> but as pan's wrapping code works now, that wraps the tables and ascii-art
> diagrams as well, turning them into a jumbled mess!
Please give me or one or two examples with message-ids so I see what you 
mean.

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