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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
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*** 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