Subj : wrap
To   : Tommi Koivula
From : Carlos Navarro
Date : Sun Mar 31 2024 22:14:54

02 Mar 2024 13:25, you wrote to me:

 >> I've found that JamNNTPd wraps at 72 chars in all lines except the
 >> last one, that can be up to 79 chars.

 TK> Yes, and it seems that it always wraps the text it shows to the
 TK> client. Defined by WRAP_WIDTH in nntpserv.c.

JamNNTPd always sends wrapped text. If flowed=on, it will append a space to the end of each wrapped line.
It's up to the client (if it supports format=flowed) to re-join those lines and show it as a paragraph.

I experimented with setting WRAP_WIDTH and LINE_WIDTH to a high value, like 997. This way JamNNTPd works similarly to other NNTP servers that support paragraphs as very long lines.

But there's a problem with quoting, as you commented. Some readers (TB, Sylpheed...) will quote a long line as just one quoted long line, without wrapping. And this doesn't work well with all FTN software. Some (GoldED, Xpoint, WinPoint, Aftershock...) can display and re-quote those long quotes just fine, but many other programs can't.

Carlos

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