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echo: mystic
to: Nicola Mettimano
from: Jay Harris
date: 2022-09-12 20:06:00
subject: Re: Autopost text arrange

 *** Quoting Nicola Mettimano from a message to All ***

 NM> Hello, when i post from a text file Mystic cut lines; i am not an
 NM> expert so i ask you.... My text files are in symple text without
 NM> "return" or "enter" at the end of each line, is it correct?

Yeah, I've noticed that if you post a text file with mutil you'll need to
make sure that your file is no more than 80 characters wide otherwise mutil 
will cut it off.

 NM> -!- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)

Since you're using linux, if it's just a plain text file you can use something
like:

cat mymessage.txt | fold -s -w 78 > newmessage.txt
or
cat mymessage.txt | fmt -w 78 > newmessage.txt

Which will make your text file no more than 78 characters wide.

 NM> Maybe I have to create my file with at most 80 characters/columns
 NM> like an ANSI template? Other thing, which good ansi editor do you
 NM> recommend for linux? Many thanks :-)

I'm not too sure about ANSI files, I know I've saved files in TheDraw at 78 
characters wide on occasion, but I don't tend to post ANSI that often.


Jay

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