[rfc-i] feedback on draft-hoffman-rfcformat-canon-others-00,

brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com (Brian E Carpenter) Tue, 22 May 2012 06:31 UTC

From: "brian.e.carpenter at gmail.com"
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 07:31:04 +0100
Subject: [rfc-i] feedback on draft-hoffman-rfcformat-canon-others-00,
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On 2012-05-21 21:25, Martin Rex wrote:

...

> A requirement that paragraph must be a single line rather than
> reasonably wrapped is a clear obfuscation technique.  Numerous
> ASCII editors have limit on line lengths, and navigating within
> single-line paragraphs for the purpose of editing is often even
> more painful.

I wouldn't use the word "obfuscation" but it's a fact that some
editors behave awkwardly with very long lines.

    Brian