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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Style guide decision needed (was: [Kopete-devel] Bug#40938: behaviour change request)
From:       Chris Howells <chris () chrishowells ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-04-29 13:41:05
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On Monday 29 April 2002 2:54 pm, Martijn Klingens wrote:

> Then I have a strong counter-argument for you: even if you write only a
> single line of text, then I bet that line is very often longer than your
> line edit is wide.

Correct. But in this case, I'd rather write a small amount, send it, and then 
write some more on the next line.

> And maybe you're different than the average user, but
> the lack of word-wrapping in a line edit is extremely annoying if you want
> to quickly re-read your message before sending. It's about my biggest
> usability gripe against all IRC clients, actually.

I don't re-read lines before sending. If I did, it would rather take the 
"instant" out of "instant messenger" ;)

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Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org
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