On 2022-08-29, Kurt Hackenberg wrote:
> Maybe text/plain format=flowed is a solution. It's displayed
> correctly by software that assumes format=fixed (on a screen that's
> wide enough), and at any width by software that understands
> format=flowed. Mutt can display format=flowed correctly at any width,
> if it's configured to.
>
> Do phone mail readers understand text/plain format=flowed?
No, format=flowed sounds like the perfect solution but I've tested and
as far as I can tell it's ignored by gmail on Android, for example.
If we can't even get format=flowed supported, then a new MIME type is
probably not a workable solution :)
I think it sounds like turning off linewrap is the only realistic
solution... I'm not happy about it, but I think it's time. I heard two
solutions for "fake" wrapping while composing:
1. Write it however you like, just pipe it through par(1) before
sending. I admit I didn't realize just how powerful par was, this
could work.
2. Fake it in vim, this is what I currently do. Here is the (hacky)
solution I was using:
" 998 is the maximum possible line length in SMTP.
" 80 is where you want the fake wrap.
set wiw=80 tw=998
" This forces vim to wrap by creating an empty split.
vnew
wincmd w
" Now there are two windows though, so you need
to use qa instead of q.
cabbrev q <c-r>=(getcmdtype()==':' &&
getcmdpos()==1 ? 'qa' : 'q')<CR>
cabbrev wq <c-r>=(getcmdtype()==':' &&
getcmdpos()==1 ? 'wqa' : 'wq')<CR>
I saw someone else posted a different solution, I'll see if that one
works better.
Tavis.
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