On 2019 Apr 14 01:32:20, you wrote to me:

 ON>>> That would make ^aCOLS: 80^m make a little more sence ;)

 ml>> i don't know... i understand it for what it is intended to be used
 ml>> for but why  do i want to display a message artifically restricted to
 ml>> 80cols on my 125  character wide terminal?

 RS> Sorry, but you don't understand the intention of those control line
 RS> then. I'd be happy to discuss it.

maybe i don't fully understand it, then... why would i or my terminal care 
about the width of the original writer's screen if we're not going to use that 
value on our end some how?

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