Similar advice from two of you -- Alan and yourself. I have tried your route, and I see that is is finally wrapping as I write. This is a great relief.
Thank you, all, very much. Now, I just need to straighten out my problems with a couple of service providers. Thanks again Cam * Bob Bernstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > >>>>> On Thu, 16 May 2002, "cam" == Cam Ellison wrote: > > cam> set editor="emacs '+/^$' \"set textwidth=70\"" > > Nope. On my system this tells emacs to edit a file named (something like) > "textwidth=70". Look at your list of buffers when you use this command string. > > cam> What should I do differently? > > There's always more than one way to skin any unix cat; here's mine, based on > the fact that the default fill-column in emacs is 70. Force emacs into text > mode, and tell it to always use automatic fill in any text mode. Do all this > neat stuff by putting these lines in your ~/.emacs: > > (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode) > (add-hook 'text-mode-hook > '(lambda () (auto-fill-mode 1))) > > Now, in .muttrc just say: > > editor="emacs" > > Works here.... > > -- Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
