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Re: I copied from a book and still got an error.

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, Fri, 15 Jun 2012 06:11:23, Evertjan. <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
posted:

>micky wrote on 15 jun 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:
>
>> I went back and looked, and the string *was* all on the same line when
>> I wrote it, but Sea Monkey rearranged things.
>
>This is usenet.
>
>Many newsreaders have automatic line cutoff algorisms compensating for
>malformed postings.

YSCIB.  AIUI, that word isn't even Dutch.

>On usenet you, the poster, are responsible for keeping the lines consistent
>with a maximum line length, usually 76 chars.

The norm is 72 - but that only applies to text.  In code and tables, the
lines can be as long as they need to be (up to maybe some large value
about a thousand), and transmitted as such - then, at least the better
sort of reader will display it as intended.

Here in CLJ, we know that script can *always* be adjusted to a
72-character maximum, and that is what the FAQ therefore calls for.

IIRC, there was a discussion here a while ago about the minimum line-
length needed for JavaScript, disregarding readability.

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I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 06:37 -0400
  Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 06:49 -0400
    Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 07:03 -0400
      Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-13 13:27 +0200
        Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 00:01 -0400
          Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-15 06:11 +0000
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 02:24 -0400
              Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-15 06:38 +0000
                Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 05:01 -0400
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Dr J R Stockton <reply1224@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-16 21:55 +0100
              Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-17 07:50 +0000
                Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Dr J R Stockton <reply1225@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-06-19 20:37 +0100
                Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-06-20 15:10 +0000
          Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-06-15 15:53 +0200
            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 18:07 -0400
              Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-19 21:22 -0400
  Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. Martin Honnen <mahotrash@yahoo.de> - 2012-06-13 13:04 +0200
    Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 00:01 -0400
  Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-06-13 14:21 +0300
    Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 00:01 -0400
      Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-06-15 08:05 +0300
        Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 02:37 -0400
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            Re: I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-15 04:45 -0400

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