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Re: Word-wrapping text editor



On Wed, Sep 26, 2001 at 08:43:19AM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > 
> i'm curious.  why is it that the textwidth has to be set to either 70
> or 72 when the console can display 80?  my tw=79 how is my message
> appearing?

It's not that it *has* to be set to 70 or 72. It's that by setting it
there then if the message is replied to and '> ' is added the line still
won't wrap. Not all editors reformat as easily as vim.

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