I hate replying to my own posts, but I see that it did not work.  But then, I 
forgot to restart mutt, which wasn't very clever.  Sorry to take the bandwidth, 
but I need to test this so I can quit annoying everyone.


* Cam Ellison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Thank you, Richard.  I don't know about the '+/^$' bit either - I cribbed my 
> .muttrc from someone else, and dutifully copied that bit.
> 
> So I have followed your advice, andmade the changes.  I had not set up 
> xemacs, and of course it has done its own thing, so we shall see the results 
> now.  I am deliberately running my lines long to see if it works.
> 
> Cam
> 
>   
> * Richard Cobbe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Lo, on Thursday, May 16, Cam Ellison did write:
> > 
> > > * Gary Hennigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > > > 
> > > > And, *please*, for the love of God and country, can you wrap your
> > > > lines at 70 characters or so?!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > I would love to, but every attempt seems to go nowhere.  Not everyone
> > > complains, but I see the litle red markers coming back indicating that
> > > mutt is wrapping them for me.
> > > 
> > > So, here's another problem.  I have this in .muttrc:
> > > 
> > > set editor="emacs '+/^$' \"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
> > 
> > 
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