Lo, on Thursday, May 16, Cam Ellison did write: > * Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > <snip> > > > > And, *please*, for the love of God and country, can you wrap your > > lines at 70 characters or so?! > > > > I would love to, but every attempt seems to go nowhere. Not everyone > complains, but I see the litle red markers coming back indicating that > mutt is wrapping them for me. > > So, here's another problem. I have this in .muttrc: > > set editor="emacs '+/^$' \"set textwidth=70\"" > > > (Let's not have a flamewar about emacs vs vi, please.) The > information I have to date is that this should work. It obviously > doesn't. > > What should I do differently?
I'm not entirely sure what the '+/^$' means---is this perhaps a Mutt thing? The `set textwidth=70' is almost certainly incorrect. In Emacs, the relevant variable is fill-column, which is 70 by default. However, this only applies if you manually fill each paragraph (M-q) or turn on auto-fill-mode. To do the latter, add the following to your ~/.emacs file: (add-hook 'FOO-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) where FOO is the major mode in which you edit your mail messages. And, if you're using XEmacs, (require 'filladapt) (add-hook 'FOO-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode) So, for instance, I've got (require 'filladapt) (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode) You shouldn't need to do this, but while we're at it, to change a variable's contents, use something like the following: (setq fill-column 72) HTH, Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
