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Text formatting

Traditionally the only clients for LysKOM were text-based and only displayed texts exactly as they were stored in the server. Although there are a number of clients now that can wrap lines automatically, texts should still be stored in preformatted style, suitable for display in a monospaced font.

If the client accepts texts from the user and then reformats them, such as a client with an editor with a variable-width font, it should ensure that it follows the following simple rules:

• Lines should be no longer than 72 characters.
• Lines are terminated with a single newline character.
• Paragraphs are separated by two newlines in succession.
• There are no empty lines at the end of the text.

Clients that include editors but do not alter the text before sending it to the server should attempt to ensure that texts confirm to the above conventions.

The same conventions apply to messages sent with the send-message call.