28 Feb 16 08:13, you wrote to All:

 JS> Hello There,

 JS> Another question? Is there an option in BBBS to set the HTML message
editor
 JS> line length in BBBS? I am asking because when I author a message as I am
 JS> doing now then read the posted message elsewhere the actual length of the
 JS> line in the message is quite different.

that's as it should be... the display of messages should be handled by the
remote that is viewing the message... my screen is like 190 characters wide and
reading forced-length 75 character lines wastes a lot of screen space...

 JS> Here in the HTML editor as I write this message the line length
 JS> appears to be about 75 characters in length. But when I read an
 JS> authored message elsewhere each line is seemingly only limited by the
 JS> width of the screen.

as is proper in today's world that is not limited to 80x25 text screens...

 JS> I have tried using [Enter] to end each line written at a desired
 JS> length. But that seems to have no effect on the line length when the
 JS> message is read.

correct... ENTER should only be used to terminate a paragraph... whether it is
followed by a blank line or not is up to the person doing the typing...

 JS> I have tried reading the same message from different remote locations
 JS> using different message readers but the results seem to be the same.
 JS> Using Golded to read a message remotely that is created by the BBBS
 JS> HTML editor has a displayed line length of 150 characters. Only the
 JS> text entered by the BBBS message editor has a line length of 150. All
 JS> other quoted text is about 75 characters.

this is because quoted text is not currently reflowed for display... it could
be but it is not yet done...

 JS> I understand that this may not apply when using the regular BBS editor
 JS> when logged in via telnet. Is there a setting to change line
 JS> length/word wrap or this a non-configurable item. If so... How hard
 JS> would it be to be configurable?

you really don't want it to be forced on everyone else... just type your lines
and terminate your paragraphs with an ENTER... if you are trying to make a
table of values, then end each line with an ENTER... it should be seen as a
paragraph but you may need to place a blank line after the ENTER to get your
software to see it as a paragraph...

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