Re: A stupid question - how to set line wrap in mutt?

[Jason Stechschulte <jpstech@unoh.edu>]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 03:31:22PM -0400, Steve Gran wrote:
> Well, the subject really says it all, doesn't it?  I've RTFM, and all I can
> find is how to set the display line wrap, but not the send line wrap.  I
> suppose it should be done through the editor?  (I use emacs.)  Sorry for
> such a silly question, but I've mostly been using Balsa up till now, and
> only recently discovered how well mutt handles mail sorting.  I would
> really like to move into it as my usual MUA, but I'd like to set the
> outgoing wrap first, especially as I see that it's generally not well
> received to not do so.

I don't know about emacs, but I use vim and have a line like this in my
.muttrc:

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

Maybe it will give you somewhere to look.

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Jason Stechschulte
jpstech@unoh.edu
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