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   Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz to xah@xahlee.org   
   Re: The Harm of hard-wrapping Lines   
   27 Apr 05 16:17:08   
   
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   begin  In <1114520344.113029.110350@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, on   
   04/26/2005   
      at 05:59 AM, xah@xahlee.org said:   
      
   >please spread the debunking of the truncating line business of the   
   >fucking unix-loving fuckheads,   
      
   Please ESAD.   
      
   >want the next emacs version's down-arrow behavior to be fixed.   
      
   Sorry, tonto, but you'd do better making a case for why the change you   
   want would be a fix instead of insulting the people whom you want to   
   change the code.   
      
   >(This is the intuitive way, and all non-geek editors   
   >behave this way, even most editors or IDEs designed for programing.)   
      
   ROTF,LMAO!   
      
   >When coding in a programing language, the programer should never   
   >have to enter returns for the sake of display-formatting.   
      
   Agreed; we should have DWIM software with a crystal ball on the bus.   
   Until we do, your position will be as full of it as you are.   
      
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