Re: Width of line

2008-03-21 Thread Johan Kullstam
Andrius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> On 03/08/08 16:46, Andrius wrote: >>> Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: > Lads, > > would you be able to explain one simp

Re: Width of line

2008-03-11 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:46:30PM +, Andrius wrote: > 78 was too big. After 72 looks OK. > Is 5 rows really netiquette? > No, it's 4[1]. But don't take my word for it. What does google say with query: netiquette "number of lines in sig" [1] :-) -- Chris. == -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Width of line

2008-03-10 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2008-03-09 17:02:26 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Saturday 08 March 2008 02:46:30 pm Andrius wrote: > > > 78 was too big. After 72 looks OK. > > 78 doesn't leave enough for the next person to reply, 72 is the rule > of thumb to stay under 80 after quoting. I agree. However, for a signature,

Re: Width of line

2008-03-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 08 March 2008 03:39:33 pm Andrius wrote: > Look at that. It is a signature for one politics forum. Looks cool, is it? It features a BUAF that doesn't get preserved when viewed in a variable-width font. -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digital

Re: Width of line

2008-03-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Saturday 08 March 2008 02:46:30 pm Andrius wrote: > 78 was too big. After 72 looks OK. 78 doesn't leave enough for the next person to reply, 72 is the rule of thumb to stay under 80 after quoting. > Is 5 rows really netiquette? 4, actually. The McQuarry Limit. http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/h

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Andrius
Andrius wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/08 16:46, Andrius wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: Lads, would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line. How many characters shou

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/08 17:39, Andrius wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > > Yes. It's not as important now, though, as when modems were *slow*, > monitors small, and disk space expensive. > > Just don't go crazy. > >> >> > Look at that. It is a signature for

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Andrius
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/08 16:46, Andrius wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: Lads, would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line. How many characters should be in the row

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Andrius
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/08 16:46, Andrius wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: Lads, would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line. How many characters should be in the row

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/08 16:46, Andrius wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: >> On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: >>> Lads, >>> >>> would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line. >>> How many characters should be in the row of

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Andrius
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: Lads, would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line. How many characters should be in the row of typical UNIX (or txt) text file? Were made a signature in ASCII in vim, and when it was attached t

Re: Width of line

2008-03-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 10:31:08PM +, Andrius wrote: > Lads, > > would you be able to explain one simply thing. About width of line. > How many characters should be in the row of typical UNIX (or txt) text file? > Were made a signature in ASCII in vim, and when it was attached to > Thunderbird