Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:19:49 +0100 (CET) From: "Julien Gabel" <jpeg@thilelli.net> To: "Ruben de Groot" <mail25@bzerk.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Formatting an email for this list using vi Message-ID: <36959.194.119.92.65.1069093189.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> In-Reply-To: <20031117162155.GA47312@ei.bzerk.org> References: <.128.250.18.41.1069023480.squirrel@www.k1x.org> <20031117144422.GA94866@charter.net> <49662.194.119.92.65.1069083849.squirrel@webmail.thilelli.net> <20031117162155.GA47312@ei.bzerk.org>
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>>>> 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? >>> When you're in the editor: >>> >>> :set wm=20 >>> >>> will give 60 character wrap. (ie 80-20 = 60) (Note, I've >>> done this here in this message and this is the wrap I'm >>> getting. >> Don't forget to set the columns option to 80 in order to this >> tip to work. This option is set to 161 by default on my fresh >> 5.1-RELEASE installation. Just to correct myself : the columns option is based on the size of the window when the editor is launched. It not very efficient to do that this way. > I use ":set wraplen=72". Works regardless of column width. Yes, this is a better solution :) -- -jg.
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