At 03:32 AM 9/21/99 +0300, Mikko H�nninen wrote:
>Nathan Cullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 20 Sep 1999:
>> What is the generally accepted message length for plain text messages?
I've
>> heard several numbers (72 chars, 80, 79, etc..).
>
>72 is the one I've seen most. In general, "less than 80". The
>reasoning for 72, which is quite a bit less than 80, is that you can
>have several levels of quoting and it the line will still fit within
>80 chars.
>
>> Also, what would be the
>> entry in my .vimrc to enforce this text width?
>
>:set textwidth=72
Something you may want to consider is specifying this in your .muttrc
rather than .vimrc. I like vi to have long line lengths and not wrap
unless necessary when I'm mucking about with code files like html and php.
Ciao-- Ken
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