On Sep 20, Jeremy Blosser wrote:
>
> 80 is still considered the maximum safe width to assume for a window. But
> since emails get indendted by reply characters like lots of >'s, you should
> use something like 72-75 to keep it under 80 through several levels of
> replies.
>
> You can do it a few ways in vim, the relevant command is
> 'set textwidth=75'. I do it with:
>
> autocmd FileType mail set textwidth=75
This is all moot if you use VIM since it is capable of handling multiple
levels of quoting and can format to any textwidth you desire. See help :gq
within VIM 5.X. I set my textwidth to 75 and just format everyone's
replies when I see fit.
-Clint
