In article >,
RegForte > wrote:

> sf wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:27:25 -0700, RegForte > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>sf wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:05:42 -0500, Omelet >
> >>>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
<http://www.tenderizemeat.com/meat-te...-tenderizer-p-
427.html>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Have you noticed those < > thingies that were supposed to stop long
> >>>urls from breaking don't work?
> >>>
> >>
> >>That's not what the brackets do. They don't stop the sending client program
> >
> >>from wrapping the line, they force the browser on the reader's side
> >
> >>to treat all text within them on the same line as a single URL. Since the
> >>line was broken upon being sent sent the brackets would have no effect.
> >
> >
> > I think I understand... is there a way to fix that problem or is
> > tinyurl still the best way to go?
> >
>
> In this case Om would need to change the 'line wrap' setting in her
> usenet client. Personally I just turn off auto line wrapping altogether
> because I'm so used to non 'word processor' type text editors, i.e.
> I prefer to add all newlines manually.

Hm, I'll see about fixing my character length. Thanks for the heads up!
--
Peace! Om

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--Steve Rothstein


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