Cameron Simpson wrote: > Of course you need par installed, but it works a treat. Just hit ^l and > it will reformat the lines for you.
Nick Wilson replied: > Wouldn't fmt do ok? It'll mangle quoted text (which I presume is the > advantage of par) but OTOH is already installed. Yes. I use fmt for this, and had never heard of par. Just replace 'par 72' with 'fmt -72'. Or you could do 'fmt -s -72' which will split long lines but not join short lines; the formatting isn't as nice, but at least quoted text doesn't get > embedded quotation markers like > this. -- Mark REED | CNN Internet Technology 1 CNN Center Rm SW0831G | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Atlanta, GA 30348 USA | +1 404 827 4754 -- Q: How many Martians does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: One and a half.
