[NNTP] Examples formatting

Clive D.W. Feather clive at demon.net
Fri Apr 29 03:04:45 PDT 2005


Quick query. Which format do people think looks better of these two?

"Compact":

   Example of an unknown command:
      [C] MAIL
      [S] 500 Unknown command

   Example of an unsupported command:
      [C] CAPABILITIES
      [S] 101 Capability list:
      [S] VERSION 2
      [S] READER LISTGROUP
      [S] LIST ACTIVE NEWSGROUPS
      [S] .
      [C] OVER
      [S] 500 Unknown command

"Spaced":

   Example of an unknown command:

      [C] MAIL
      [S] 500 Unknown command

   Example of an unsupported command:

      [C] CAPABILITIES
      [S] 101 Capability list:
      [S] VERSION 2
      [S] READER LISTGROUP
      [S] LIST ACTIVE NEWSGROUPS
      [S] .
      [C] OVER
      [S] 500 Unknown command

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