From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Micah Cowan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: auto-fill mode in java-mode Date: 19 Oct 2003 02:07:31 -0700 Organization: CalWeb Internet Services, Inc. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066554074 29019 80.91.224.253 (19 Oct 2003 09:01:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2003 09:01:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 19 11:01:12 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AB9R2-0004DH-00 for ; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 11:01:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AB9QV-0002Ev-Gq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Oct 2003 05:00:39 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!petbe.visi.com!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!posted1.newshosting.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 0cfb5b43.news.newshosting.com Original-X-Trace: DXC=4:1MGGZU^_BVf>HTL:oS:L7gYX5fdemc@CNUIoho9A_KGhdERAfY; >GY]GNFho7FDH2d`I_nmHP\D Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@calweb.com Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117406 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13337 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13337 Adam Hardy writes: > Actually is 72 the standard email line length? As I said earlier, > my requirement is to have all the code easily emailable without > being rewrapped by the email software. RFC 822, which defines the format of email messages (or did until it was replaced by RFC 2822), notes that "long lines" is commonly understood to be lines that are "greater than 65 or 72 characters." RFC 2822 says that a line "SHOULD be no more than 78 characters, excluding the CRLF." RFC 1855, "Netiquette Guidelines", Section 2.1.1 ("For mail") requests that line length be limited to "fewer than 65 characters." Keeping line length under 65 also allows several levels of quoting prefixes before overflow becomes a danger; for this reason, I keep my fill-column set to 65. -Micah