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Re: how to change # of columns in NS2.x send window

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From: Gregory J. Sandell
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 18:15
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In article <1992Aug14.044855.17395@unmvax.cs.unm.edu> ctm@ardi.com  
(Clifford T. Matthews) writes:
> Dear Folks,
> 
> 	While you're waiting for NS3.0 to come out, you can change the
> number of columns in a non-NeXTmail window by temporarily making it a
> NeXTmail window, using Command-r (Show Ruler), and then setting the
> send window back to non-NeXTmail.  The ruler remains and you can stretch
> it out.
> 

Yes, this works!  And I might add that the ruler setting to obtain 80  
columns per line is 6 11/16 inches (i.e. just a tad over 6 5/8 inches).

Thanks a lot.  Nobody else seemed to know of an answer.
--
Greg Sandell
Research Fellow, Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT)
sandell@cnmat.cnmat.berkeley.edu
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