Subj : Asia/Asian?
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Mar 14 2022 11:47:00

Hello Maurice!

** On Monday 07.03.22 - 16:38, you wrote to me:

 AA>> The screen is not ideal for incoming originally wide
 AA>> lines (the body of the text tends to honour the presence
 AA>> of hard CRs., and the since the screen is a perfect 2"x2"
 AA>> square, there is no landscape-view option.

 MK> None of that should matter.  What does matter is the word
 MK> wrapping upon display.  I note that in the case of the
 MK> original it appears to hardwrap at 72 characters which I
 MK> believe goes back to the teletype days ... either that or
 MK> line printers, although I doubt that since there were many
 MK> printers back then that could do much more than 80
 MK> characters nevermind 72.

As it stands now, the @Fido2telebot interface tries to not  
modify message content in transit.  The exception might be in  
R)eplies from the Telegram side by only quoting as far back as  
the 3rd level, and not anything higher.

It would be nice to have CRs removed from the EOLs within a  
paragraph so that the messages arriving from the Fido side  
would look less jaggy on my 2x2 screen.  But my eye has adapted  
quite well to that, and now I don't mind as much.


 AA>> However, I understand that smartphones with 16:9 screens
 AA>> can be tilted horizontally to get a better representation
 AA>> of some messages that arrive in the original 70-80char
 AA>> per line form.

 MK> With the default font, an android based tablet can handle
 MK> 80 character width on both portrait and landscape modes
 MK> (16:9).  I imagine the same can be said for smartphones
 MK> and other handheld devices.

I have not found a font-type or fontsize control on my  
Blackberry.  The lettering is already pretty small as it is. :(


 AA>> And.. I also use the desktop version which I find is the
 AA>> easiest way to produce a reply.

 MK> Proper word wrapping would be required to convince me.  I
 MK> have a tablet that can produce proper MSGs that is
 MK> entirely capable of both displaying and creating MSGs that
 MK> does this the correct way without ANY changes to standards
 MK> ... or worse; goofy kludges that create more problems and
 MK> solve absolutely nothing.

The current incarnation of @Fido2telebot is barely 3 years in  
the making. It has made tremendous strides in features and  
functionaly during that time. Many of those are probably due to  
my whining and [strike-through]complaints![/strikethrough]  
suggestions.  LOL.

The developer has recognized that maybe it is time to release  
the code on github.
--
  ../|ug

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