It seems when I post a reply on my winserver bbs the word wrap just becomes a hot mess when replying to a synchronet
based bbs.


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On Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:23:24 -0700, you wrote:

It seems when I post a reply on my winserver bbs the word wrap just becomes a hot mess when replying to a synchronet
based bbs.

I imagine Winserver doesn't support format flowed text? Synchronet doesn't hard wrap text at 80 columns, which might be what Winserver is looking for.

Try quoting a message that was created with Golded. You may see similar results as to what you're seeing when quoting messages that originate on a Synchronet BBS.

Regards,
Nick

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It seems when I post a reply on my winserver bbs the word wrap just becomes a hot mess when replying to a synchronet
based bbs.

Yeah, I know the feeling. I have a Mystic BBS and the word
wrap doesn't really work. I get around it by just making
sure each line of text is kept short.

... "No comment" is a comment.

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|11A|09> |10I imagine Winserver doesn't support format flowed text? Synchronet|07
|11A|09> |10doesn't hard wrap text at 80 columns, which might be what Winserver is|07
|11A|09> |10looking for.|07
|11A|09> |07
|11A|09> |10Try quoting a message that was created with Golded. You may see similar|07
|11A|09> |10results as to what you're seeing when quoting messages that originate on|07
|11A|09> |10a Synchronet BBS.|07
That is why I was trying to maybe switch to Talisman in the future.


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On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 02:40:08 -0700, you wrote:

BY: Accession (21:1/200)

!11A!09>> !10I imagine Winserver doesn't support format flowed text?

Synchronet!07

!11A!09>> !10doesn't hard wrap text at 80 columns, which might be what

Winserver is!07

!11A!09>> !10looking for.!07
!11A!09>> !07
!11A!09>> !10Try quoting a message that was created with Golded. You may

see similar!07

!11A!09>> !10results as to what you're seeing when quoting messages that

originate on!07

!11A!09>> !10a Synchronet BBS.!07

That is why I was trying to maybe switch to Talisman in the future.

Obviously, use whatever makes you happy, and keeps you interested in the hobby. I think some softwares leave it to the person reading the messages' software in regards to how the messages are displayed, and some softwares don't, while hard wrapping at 78-80 columns.

For the record, the above is what your message looks like when you quote and add color codes into it. (I changed the pipes to exclamation marks so you would see the actual text that's being added, instead of the colors).

As it's for a display thing on the BBS itself, WWIV should probably strip the color codes from the messages before exporting them outside of the local machine.

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Word wrap
By: Utopian Galt to All on Mon Aug 12 2024 06:23 pm

It seems when I post a reply on my winserver bbs the word wrap just becomes a hot mess when replying to a synchronet
based bbs.

Synchronet's QWK packet support includes optional word-wrapping, if a user (or QWKnet node) needs it:
[W] Word-wrap Message Text : Yes

So, if getting your feed via QWK is an option, that could be a solution.
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