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| From | Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Text Files |
| Date | 2018-02-26 20:53 +0800 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <p7100i$prt$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <87y3jiuel4.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <MdnkC.301854$sF7.124348@fx15.am4> <20180225151636.c977d8207b1c3e9fe372c067@gmail.com> <ln8tbgk66s.fsf@kst-u.example.com> <20180226153511.db5ba4b13c15438593cf8b6a@g{oogle}mail.com> |
AT Monday 26 February 2018 20:35, Anton Shepelev wrote: > Keith Thompson to Anton Shepelev: > >>>The flexibility that I wanted was the reading of >>>tuples of user-supplied cardinality into arrays. >>>I did assume the data was machine-generated and >>>optimised for reading speed by means of fixed- >>>width numbers. This allowed me to jump from one >>>number to the next instead of scanning through the >>>intervening whitespace. >> >>You seem to go to some effort to make all lines in >>your articles have the same length. In my opinion, >>this hurts readability. Words are split across >>lines unnecessarily, and double spaces are arbi- >>trarily inserted between some words. I suggest you >>don't bother. > > I format my posts with GNU Troff. > >>I find this: >> >>>The flexibility that I wanted was the reading of tuples of >>>user-supplied cardinality into arrays. I did assume the >>>data was machine-generated and optimised for reading speed >>>by means of fixed-width numbers. This allowed me to jump >>>from one number to the next instead of scanning through the >>>intervening whitespace. >> >>more readable. > > Even in monospaced font? Yes, text without unnecessary spacing is much better readable. -- Reinhardt
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Text Files G B <gb@gb.com> - 2018-02-14 11:47 -0400
Re: Text Files Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2018-02-14 08:45 -0800
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-14 08:47 -0800
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-15 01:17 -0800
Re: Text Files gordonb.ea2mq@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2018-02-14 11:10 -0600
Re: Text Files "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2018-02-14 12:28 -0500
Re: Text Files jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring) - 2018-02-14 21:07 +0000
Re: Text Files Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-02-14 15:31 -0700
Re: Text Files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-15 06:59 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 10:20 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-14 22:51 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-15 11:04 +0100
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-15 06:16 -0800
Re: Text Files "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2018-02-15 22:22 +0800
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-15 15:58 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 16:31 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-15 21:31 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 21:21 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 22:17 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 23:36 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 23:48 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 10:09 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 12:57 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 15:50 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 15:50 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 17:07 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 20:44 +0000
Re: Text Files Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-02-17 11:22 +1300
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 17:48 +0000
Re: Text Files GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 17:06 +0100
Re: Text Files Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-02-17 11:10 +1300
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-16 14:48 -0800
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-16 15:14 -0800
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 23:25 +0000
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-16 15:50 -0800
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-16 07:19 -0800
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 17:13 +0100
Re: Text Files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-19 17:55 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-19 19:14 +0100
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-19 11:48 -0800
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 08:14 -0800
Re: Text Files Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-17 18:32 -0600
Re: Text Files jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2018-02-15 22:57 +0100
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 22:58 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 00:19 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 02:26 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 02:57 +0000
Re: Text Files asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2018-02-16 00:21 -0800
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 11:30 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 10:36 +0100
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 11:36 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 13:10 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 12:25 +0000
Re: Text Files Ike Naar <ike@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2018-03-06 19:33 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-03-06 20:55 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 04:42 -0800
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 16:58 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 20:02 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 21:43 +0100
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 04:01 -0800
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-17 13:10 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 05:27 -0800
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-17 14:20 +0000
Re: Text Files Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-02-16 09:04 -0700
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 14:31 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 06:42 -0800
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-16 14:58 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 07:23 -0800
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-16 15:24 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 04:13 -0800
Re: Text Files Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-16 04:29 -0800
Re: Text Files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-20 16:41 +0000
Re: Text Files Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-20 09:39 -0800
Re: Text Files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-20 19:16 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 12:46 +0000
Re: Text Files GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-15 14:52 +0100
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-02-15 17:07 +0300
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 14:23 +0000
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-02-15 18:52 +0300
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 14:39 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 15:43 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 20:32 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 22:06 +0000
Re: Text Files GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-15 23:12 +0100
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-15 15:12 -0800
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 23:43 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 23:54 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 23:35 +0000
Re: Text Files Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-02-16 17:07 -0800
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-17 02:38 +0000
Re: Text Files Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-02-17 17:26 +1300
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-17 11:22 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-17 12:07 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 04:17 -0800
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 16:25 +0300
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 07:35 -0800
Re: Text Files GOTHIER Nathan <nathan.gothier@gmail.com> - 2018-02-17 15:24 +0100
Re: Text Files Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-02-18 11:10 +1300
Re: Text Files Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-02-19 12:05 -0800
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-19 15:32 -0800
Re: Text Files Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-02-21 10:34 -0800
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-21 15:35 -0800
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-22 00:11 +0000
Re: Text Files Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-21 18:26 -0600
Re: Text Files Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-02-21 21:39 -0800
Re: Text Files Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2018-02-23 03:08 -0600
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-23 16:16 -0800
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-23 16:46 -0800
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-24 02:49 -0800
Re: Text Files asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2018-02-24 05:16 -0800
Re: Text Files "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-02-24 14:35 +0000
Re: Text Files Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-02-24 08:48 -0700
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-25 15:09 -0800
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-25 15:54 -0800
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-26 11:04 -0800
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-26 11:52 -0800
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-26 14:12 -0800
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-26 14:40 -0800
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-22 04:58 -0800
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 05:33 -0800
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-22 13:59 +0000
Re: Text Files Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2018-02-22 07:24 -0800
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-20 12:14 -0800
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-15 21:37 +0100
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-15 21:34 +0000
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-15 14:15 -0800
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-16 10:47 +0100
Re: Text Files "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2018-02-15 22:20 +0800
Re: Text Files "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-02-15 15:24 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-15 16:05 +0000
Re: Text Files "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2018-02-16 00:22 +0800
Re: Text Files Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-02-15 13:35 -0700
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-02-25 00:13 +0300
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-24 21:24 +0000
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-02-25 14:55 +0300
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-25 13:00 +0000
Re: Text Files Real Troll <Real.Troll@Trolls.com> - 2018-02-24 17:35 -0400
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-24 21:36 +0000
Re: Text Files Real Troll <Real.Troll@Trolls.com> - 2018-02-24 17:45 -0400
Re: Text Files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-24 22:51 +0000
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-24 23:56 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-25 00:14 +0000
Re: Text Files bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2018-02-25 00:22 +0000
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-02-25 15:16 +0300
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-25 15:20 -0800
Re: Text Files Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-02-25 20:27 -0700
Re: Text Files gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2018-02-26 06:19 +0000
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-02-26 15:35 +0300
Re: Text Files Reinhardt Behm <rbehm@hushmail.com> - 2018-02-26 20:53 +0800
Grammar Patrol (Was: Text Files) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2018-02-26 17:54 +0000
Re: Text Files Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2018-02-26 15:27 +0000
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2018-02-26 18:50 +0300
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-26 09:26 -0800
Re: Text Files scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2018-02-26 19:46 +0000
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-27 09:04 +0100
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-27 00:56 -0800
Re: Text Files Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2018-02-27 22:07 +1300
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-27 14:37 +0100
Re: Text Files already5chosen@yahoo.com - 2018-02-27 07:38 -0800
Re: Text Files supercat@casperkitty.com - 2018-02-27 09:18 -0800
Re: Text Files David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2018-02-27 10:15 +0100
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-27 08:53 -0800
Re: Text Files Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-02-26 23:14 -0800
Re: Text Files Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2018-02-26 08:32 -0700
Re: Text Files Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2018-02-26 09:17 -0800
Re: Text Files Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2018-02-26 22:55 -0800
Re: Text Files Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2018-02-25 15:02 +0300
Re: Text Files Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2018-02-25 20:12 +0000
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