From: jcandela@prodigy.net   
      
   On Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at 10:20:46 AM UTC-5, Eike Lantzsch wrote:   
   > Hi y'all!   
   > Just for your information,   
   > lines longer than 78 characters make it uncomfortable for me   
   > to read otherwise very interesting posts, since I still use   
   > a conventional news-reader like slrn on a terminal.   
   > Panning is possible but as I said: uncomfortable.   
   > That is why usenet etiquette mentions:   
   >   
   > RFC 1855                 Netiquette Guidelines              October 1995   
   >   
   >     - Limit line length to fewer than 65 characters and end a line   
   >       with a carriage return.   
   >   
   > This is even more restrictive than what I politely asked for, namely   
   > 78chars. I'm no usenet-police, just a reader speaking in my behalf.   
   >   
   > I'm sorry to have ruffled a few feathers. As I said, your posts are   
   > interesting and most welcome.   
   >   
   > Have a nice day and keep up the good work.   
   > Eike ZP6CGE   
      
      
   Any chance you can redefine your line to a higher number of characters?   
      
   If you want to use a special editor or just pass special arguments to   
     it, set the variable ``editor_command'' in your .slrnrc, e.g.:   
      
             set editor_command "vim '+set tw=72' +%d '%s'"   
      
     starts vim with a textwidth of 72 columns and the cursor on the first   
     line of the message's body. For a more detailed discussion of this,   
     see the entry ``editor_command'' in the reference manual.   
      
   http://www.slrn.org/docs/FIRST_STEPS.txt   
      
   Jim   
   Wd5JKO   
      
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