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Message no. 1
From: Bryan Linn Schuler <schu1545@****.GMI.EDU>
Subject: Submissions
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 18:47:23 -0400
When done with the article, how should be formatted? I currently have these
guidelines:

No tabs or spaces beginning a line.
No carrage returns except after paragraphs (this causes some text editors to
get funny with word-wrap but I know this would work better for word
processors.)

Is this acceptable?

My major concern is whether I should add in carrage returns and format it to
a standard 80 columns or not.

Thanks.
-Bryan
Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Submissions
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 11:05:05 +0200
>No tabs or spaces beginning a line.
>No carrage returns except after paragraphs (this causes some text editors to
> get funny with word-wrap but I know this would work better for word
> processors.)
>
>Is this acceptable?
>
>My major concern is whether I should add in carrage returns and format it to
>a standard 80 columns or not.

For what it's worth, I don't put CRs except at the end of the paragraph when
I write messages, and it doesn't seem to go wrong anywhere (at least that I
know of). I think you should just use the two guidelines you put there at
the beginning, and don't worry about 80-column text. Only add CRs to the end
of the paragraphs, because otherwise I have to remove all of them by hand (I
can't simply say "replace CR by nothing" because then it would totally fuck
it all up)

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Message no. 3
From: "Mad Dog (aka Timothy Sven Nelson)" <tsn@******.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Submissions
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:13:01 +1000
On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Gurth wrote:
> the beginning, and don't worry about 80-column text. Only add CRs to the end
> of the paragraphs, because otherwise I have to remove all of them by hand (I
> can't simply say "replace CR by nothing" because then it would totally fuck
> it all up)

If you put a blank line between paragraphs, and then do "replace CR
with %%" and then "replace %%%% with CR" and then remove %%"

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