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>=20 > On Wednesday, April 17, 2002, at 11:19 AM, Timm Murray wrote: > > 80 col is the standard size for a console, so that should probably be= =20 > > the l=3D > > ine length for text files. It should also be possible to modify servers= =20 > > to =3D > > automatically adjust line lengths. >=20 > If that is done at all, I think it should be done on the client side.

I thought of that too, but it kinda breaks the tradition of "dumb client, s= mart server". I=20 guess it's just a question of how flexible that tradition should be.