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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: 79-character screen (horiz. scrolling)
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Date: Sat, 26-Oct-85 17:36:24 EST
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> > True, but this isn't the same as true horizontal scrolling, where the
> > screen follows the cursor automatically. ....
> 
> If you want real horizontal scrolling, get a terminal that does it in
> hardware; the HP2626 comes quickly to mind, there may be others.
> 
> Failing that, I don't want to wait for a repaint, full or partial, of the
> screen. I'd rather live with wrap.

I'd rather wait for a repaint than live with wrap.  Let's conclude that
which is better or worse is a matter of taste and either 1) build editors
for one or the other group of people or 2) make it an option that the user
can select.

	Guy Harris