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   Jay Harris to All   
   Re: Autopost text arrangement problem   
   12 Sep 22 20:06:50   
   
   From: nospam.Jay.Harris@p1.f664.n229.z1.fidonet.org   
      
    *** Quoting Nicola Mettimano from a message to All ***   
      
    NM> Hello, when i post from a text file Mystic cut lines; i am not an   
    NM> expert so i ask you.... My text files are in symple text without   
    NM> "return" or "enter" at the end of each line, is it correct?   
      
   Yeah, I've noticed that if you post a text file with mutil you'll need to   
   make sure that your file is no more than 80 characters wide otherwise mutil   
   will cut it off.   
      
    NM> -!- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)   
      
   Since you're using linux, if it's just a plain text file you can use something   
   like:   
      
   cat mymessage.txt | fold -s -w 78 > newmessage.txt   
   or   
   cat mymessage.txt | fmt -w 78 > newmessage.txt   
      
   Which will make your text file no more than 78 characters wide.   
      
    NM> Maybe I have to create my file with at most 80 characters/columns   
    NM> like an ANSI template? Other thing, which good ansi editor do you   
    NM> recommend for linux? Many thanks :-)   
      
   I'm not too sure about ANSI files, I know I've saved files in TheDraw at 78   
   characters wide on occasion, but I don't tend to post ANSI that often.   
      
      
   Jay   
      
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