Menu

ascii text

John Wight
2009-07-20
2012-11-14
  • John Wight

    John Wight - 2009-07-20

    web pages are built on ascii text, to which HTML 'tags' are added
    so that web browsers (such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari,
    Opera, etc.) will know how to display the text as the author had
    intended.

    Line length should be the plain-text 'standard' of a maximum of 75
    characters/spaces per line of text (so the text will be
    human-readable even with an 800x600 display setting).

        * The line length of the file is too long (e.g. longer than the
    'standard' maximum of 75 characters/spaces per line). This is
    particularly a problem if a Word file has been converted to 'plain
    text' using the Word "save as" commands, as described below. This
    will almost always result in a file which looks like this, where
    each 'paragraph' of text is displayed as a single text line which
    will run far off the right-side of the display screen, which is not
    'human-readable.'

    I want to use 70 line length of the file.
    Also, I want to use one line then another line consequent.

    not like this.
    Line length should be the plain-text 'standard' of a maximum of 75 characters/spaces per line of text (so the text will be human-readable even with an 800x600 display setting).

    Ln: 23  Col: 177  Sel: 176    Dos\Windows  ANSI as UTF-8

     
    • John Wight

      John Wight - 2009-07-20

      Ok .

      I think you answered my question. Will try it as soon as I can. 

       
    • cchris

      cchris - 2009-07-20

      Use TextFX -> TextFX Edit -> Rewrap text to (Clipboard) or 72 chars . To set the desired line length, write the length somewhere, ie 75, and cut this to clipboard, then apply the command to text you select.

      CChris