On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 03:50:46PM -0700, Rob 'Feztaa' Park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 11:48:59AM -0600, David Champion (dis)graced my inbox with:
> > For example, in your .exrc:
> > map v {j0!}fmt -w72<ctrl-v ctrl-m>
> > 
> > This makes "v" reformat the current paragraph to 72 columns. It ought to
> > work on any variety of unix or a unix clone, with vi or any vi clone.
> 
> Hmmm, I tried that with vim... it kinda screws up the quoting. It
> works great for my own writing, though. Example:

If you put the following line in your .vimrc:

autocmd BufRead .followup,.article*,.letter*,*/tmp/mutt* set fo=tcq2 
comments=n:>,n::,n:»,n:],fb:- tw=72

then vim will wrap at the end of lines for all mail and news articles,
and "gq" will do the right thing with wrapping quoted text.

-Daniel

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Daniel E. Eisenbud
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"We should go forth on the shortest walk perchance, in the spirit of
undying adventure, never to return,--prepared to send back our embalmed
hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms."
                                        --Henry David Thoreau, "Walking"

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