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[Brian J. Tarricone]

On 07/24/2009 02:23 PM, R P Herrold wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
>
>> The 1980s called. They want their 72-col rule back.
>
>> Seriously, who always reads their mail on a 72-col terminal these
>> days? (It's a rhetorical question; if anyone answers this in the
>> affirmative, I will stab you in the face... over the internet.)
>
> ummm -- I have alpine set to compose at:
>
> NewMail Window Width = 62

Thank you for proving my implicit point that only finicky, unusual 
people (who, unrelatedly, moreover can't follow directions) use short 
row widths when reading mail.

> and I relaid your quoted material as a courtesy before sending this.

Actually, no, you didn't.  Well, you did, but your mail client helpfully 
set Format="flowed" in the content-type header, and my mail client 
noticed this and helpfully unwrapped your newlines to reduce my need to 
vertically scroll.  If only everything worked so well.

> How else would I touchtype through email at the rate I need to?

How does a smaller row width increase touch typing speed?  I don't see 
how the two are related.  Well, possibly that when the eye needs to move 
from right to left to start a new line, the distance is shorter.  But 
then that also means that you're starting new lines more often, which 
might end up being a wash.

Oh, and here's your complimentary over-the-internet face-stab.  Please 
look up the definition of 'rhetorical' at some point.

	-brian