on Fri, 26 Jul 2002 10:17:18AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy insinuated: > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 11:42:43AM -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote: > > > >>Going back to the original subject, it's always struck me that the > >>collision between plain-text line-wrapping ('>>>>>' crap) and > >>screen width is actually one of the best arguments for HTML mail! > >> > >>At some point of multiple nesting, plain-text wrapping will exceed > >>a fixed width of 72 or 80 characters, and there's really nowhere > >>to go. > >> > > > > vim's gq command can reformat quoted text neatly - I know pico's > > ^J command can do it too, I'm sure other editors can manage. This > > seems like a pretty nice solution to that problem to me. > > > > I run gq over the content of all the mails I write before sending > > them pretty much without thinking now. > > Hmmm... Hey, that's pretty neat; didn't know it could do that. i frankly don't know how you survived without it. i spent about a week using vim before i was told about gq}, and hated it until then. i too automatically rewrap text ... without it i might still be using emacs ;) </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/daily.html // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^
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