Re: Documentation for total beginners

[Matthew Dalton <matthewd@research.canon.com.au>]

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> 
> I don't use Mutt all the time, but you can set it to 72 by
> typing
> 
> :set columns=72
> 
> If you're using a vi-type editor. You can tell mutt what editor
> to use by setting that up in a local .muttrc - and then set
> up your vi clone to default to 72 columns if you're always using
> it for mail w/mutt. If you want, I can send you my .vimrc to get
> you started...


If you use vim with mutt, but also use it for other things and you don't
want it to wrap to 72 characters for those other things, put something
like this in your .muttrc

  set editor = "vim -c 'set tw=72'"

You could probably do something similar with other editors if you don't
use vim.


Matthew