Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!purdue!spaf From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers Subject: Changes to Rules for posting to Usenet Message-ID: <4697@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 18 Aug 88 04:09:36 GMT Expires: 27 Sep 88 04:09:35 GMT Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ. Lines: 47 Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU Supersedes: <4540@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this group, and the version posted a few weeks ago. New users may ignore this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents. *** old/rules.n Tue Jul 26 19:55:28 1988 --- src/rules.n Wed Aug 17 23:06:26 1988 *************** *** 5,7 Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 26 July 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] --- 5,7 ----- Original-from: mark@stargate.com (Mark Horton) ! [Most recent change: 17 August 1988 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)] *************** *** 150,154 in mind: ! * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters. ! (most editors have a fill or format mode that will do this ! for you automatically) * Right justified text may look "prettier" is some sense, but it --- 150,154 ----- in mind: ! * Except for source, keep your lines under 80 characters, and ! under 75 if possible. (most editors have a fill or format ! mode that will do this for you automatically) * Right justified text may look "prettier" is some sense, but it *************** *** 157,158 * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. * Pictures and diagrams should not use embedded tabs. --- 157,161 ----- * Most special control characters will not work for most readers. + In fact, the tab and space characters are about the only ones + you can be sure work consistently, and tabs aren't always the + same from machine to machine. * Pictures and diagrams should not use embedded tabs. -- Gene Spafford NSF/Purdue/U of Florida Software Engineering Research Center, Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004 Internet: spaf@cs.purdue.edu uucp: ...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf