On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 01:53:47AM +0200, Morten Bo Johansen wrote:
>
> This is really an editor related question but since it's about handling
> email messages in the editor I hope it's okay to ask it here.
>
> Is there any editor (besides emacs, which I don't want to use) that
> will format quotes, containing longer_than_allowed line lengths,
> neatly - curtailing the lines to a designated line wrap and inserting
> missing quote markers. I believe that Pine has a ctrl-j option to do this.
> Can this be obtained with mutt + an editor? Some slang macro for Jed, maybe?
Vim <http://www.vim.org/> is pretty good at this - its "gq" command (a
general wrapping/formatting feature) is sensible about both quotes and
comments. If your fingers already have the vi keystrokes down pat, it's
definitely worth a look.
d.
