Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:34:58 -0000 From: Gary <gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info> To: Frederick <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Formatting an email for this list using vi Message-ID: <4360000.1069076094@[192.168.0.5]> In-Reply-To: <.128.250.18.41.1069023480.squirrel@www.k1x.org> References: <.128.250.18.41.1069023480.squirrel@www.k1x.org>
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Hi Frederick, --On Monday, November 17, 2003 09:58:00 AM +1100 Frederick Bowes <fred@k1x.org> wrote: > I have just started learning to use vi, and remember someone posting > something a while ago about how to re-format an email reply to have proper > 60 character width or something like that, does anyone remember how that > is done? Well, I use VIM instead of VI, it is an "enhanced version" For automatic settings, set up a .vimrc file in your home dir. Add in: :set tw=74 (to set your text width) Or you can add this in manually on the VI command line after starting it. Now to refomat an email, while preserving the > on previous quoted text, type in ESC gqip -- Gary
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