Re: ASCII formatting for plain text email
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 11:06:44PM +0100, Pierre Willaime wrote:
> >1- a simple way to draw a line (without pressing 72 times on "-")
> >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Are you using emacs? I'm *sure* there must be a quick short-hand to do
> this. I use vi, and the keys to press are
>
> 72i-<esc>
>
> I actually write something like this frequently, and it's fast enough
> that I've never bothered to shorten via macro or similar.
>
> >2- a simple way to align some text to the right (that is to say to
> >automatically calculate how many spaces are needed to fill the gap
> >between the text on the left an the text on the right for 72
> >characters line.
>
> With vi, for a whole line, it's simply the command :right, assuming
> you've configured the desired textwidth (':set tw=72'. My
> configuration sets this automatically for mail buffers).
>
> I'm not sure how to do it for only a portion of a line but I'm sure
> it's reasonably straightforward (and a little less sure that this
> holds true for emacs as well)
Type the right-hand bit, right justify it, then type the left hand bit
using substitute/overwrite mode (R) instead of insert mode (i etc).
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