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[Discuss] ASCII vs. Align   [Discuss]

By: John Gruener     Orlando, Florida  
Date: Mar 22,2001 at 08:20
In Response to: [Discuss] ASCII vs. Align (Kim Henkel)

> I don't believe this is correct, but actually
> reinforces the fact that we have been confusing
> the 'format' of the display with the 'content'.
> The current Charset toggle applies to all display
> modes (ALIGN/DUMP/HEX/JUNK/WRAP) - all can be
> toggled to show either OEM or ANSI symbols.
> Consider ALIGN/WRAP modes. They both display
> 'human readable ASCII text' - one simply wraps at
> column 80.
> So if ALIGN is showing ASCII text - isn't WRAP
> doing the same, just formatted a little
> differently?
>
> I think I prefer ALPHA to ALIGN.

I agree. Although "Wordwrap" is also "Alpha", I think "Alpha" is a good idea. It would be nice if there was room for "Wrapped alpha", or even "Wrap alpha".

- John

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