One more question on this topic. I've set my editor command to the one
suggested below but would appreciate a little explanation on the
comments= part. Particularly the 'nb:>' part. Does this mean if I were
to modify some of the lines below which started with the angle bracket
(>), it would auto-format those to 72 chars as well AND keep the
brackets in the correct place? I tried it and it didn't work but some
of the responses seemed to indicate it would.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 09:49:02AM -0400, Justin R. Miller wrote:
> Thus spake Collin Peters ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > Another question I have is about using vim for writing e-mails. I
> > have successfully been able to setup vim to wrap at 80 or so
> > characters. However, if I edit the message, the word wrapping is not
> > preserved. For example, if I were to edit my first question above and
> > add two or three words to it, the line would extend past 80 chars and
> > not wrap unless I manually edit it. Is there a solution for this?
>
> Try this:
>
> set editor="vim -c 'set tw=72 comments=nb:>'"
>
> Then, once your email is all typed (or during for that matter), just
> highlight a portion with visual block and hit 'gq'. That should wrap
> things nicely, without messing up the stuff that you don't want to wrap.
>
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> | Justin R. Miller / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 0xC9C40C31
> | Of all the things I've lost, I miss my pants the most.
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