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   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Rockinghorse Winner  wrote:   
      
   >I remember using nn and liking it for it's speed and extensive key bindings.   
   >However, not wrapping long lines would be a deal breaker. Does it really not   
   >have this capability..?   
      
   Good heavens.   
      
   First starting on Usenet in the '90s, my newsreader called the text   
   editor of my choice for use in the composer. I used the original vi.   
   Much later, I switched to vim. I had to enter my own line boundary   
   within paragraphs. It was just like using a typewriter. It was something   
   I was used to.   
      
   If I add text within a line, I have to reformat the paragraph and call a   
   separate paragraph formatter. I usually use fmt but there are others.   
      
   I personally do not care for a composer acting like a word processor in   
   which paragraphs are reformatted on the fly and especially if soft line   
   breaks are used, which aren't ASCII characters and must not be sent to   
   Usenet.   
      
   If I'm writing a document that has to look neat and not a quick followup   
   on Usenet, then I'll use a text editor outside of the newsreader, make   
   sure it's output as pure ASCII with a fixed-width font and proper line   
   length, then read that file into the composer when I'm ready to prepare   
   the article for injection into Usenet.   
      
   The older newsreaders that allow the user to choose is own text editor   
   and don't provide a built-in text editor are a lot more flexible. I   
   thought nn didn't provide its own built-in text editor but I really   
   can't comment.   
      
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