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   Lewis to Adam H. Kerman   
   Re: nn   
   13 Jan 22 15:20:03   
   
   XPost: news.software.readers   
   From: g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me   
      
   In message  Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   WEll, you do not have to do that in vim, it does line breaks as yu type   
   just fine.   
      
   However, not being able to wrap text in a newsreader is, I think,   
   obviously talking about READING posts. And not being able to line wrap   
   posts would make any news reader largely useless or very very   
   aggravating in 2022.   
      
   I even wish I could set a wrap length for slrn other than "window width"   
   as readable text on a 16:9 laptop screen is only about half the width of   
   the window.   
      
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