Re: character limit

[oldschool]

On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:58:29AM -0500, Ethan wrote:
> i really love mutt, but fellow netscape users complain that my line length is too
> long.  How can I make it so it wraps after 72 characters?
> 
> Thanks, Ethan
> 
if anyone else is interested in the answer to this, try this:

as root, add the line "set co=72" sans quotes to /etc/vi.exrc
this does however change system wide properties for vi editor.

thanks for your help Daniel, I didnt realize this option was set in the editor itself.

-Ethan