From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sun, 05 Mar 2023 10:38:27 +0000, Joseph Rosevear wrote:   
   > When I viewed my post I found that it didn't look right.  So I tried   
   > again, and again.  It seems I didn't understand how to use the Pan   
   > newsreader.  I expected a newline to be treated as a newline, but   
   > apparently Pan doesn't work that way.  Oddly, newlines can be ignored at   
   > the viewers discretion (toggle "view; body pane; wrap article").  I   
   > wonder, do all newsreaders work that way?   
      
   As you say, pan has the option "View", "Body Pane", "Wrap Article Body"   
   which can be toggled with the W switch. If you leave that option   
   unchecked the articles will look exactly as the author intended.   
      
   Some clueless authors post messages with lines longer than 80 characters.   
   As those people do not know how to insert newlines in the messages the   
   "Wrap Article Body" option quickly toggled with "W" will ignore their   
   failed attempts to use newlines and instead reformat the message to easy   
   to read lines no longer than 80 characters. However, as most people do   
   post good looking messages it is mostly best to have the option disabled.   
      
   Your messages did look fine. When posting messages there is an option   
   "Edit", "Wrap Text" which when checked will make sure that no lines get   
   too long. It is a good idea to allways have that checked.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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