Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 03:56:51 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey) Cc: fullermd@futuresouth.com, tlambert@primenet.com, dpilgrim@uswest.net, bradley@softhome.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: outlook mail was:(RE: Logo merchandise) Message-ID: <199904040356.UAA01748@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <19990404105501.O2142@lemis.com> from "Greg Lehey" at Apr 4, 99 10:55:01 am
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> >>> The problem was that it would just let my text run long, making it > >>> hard to review the e-mail before sending. The screen-width problem > >>> didn't even exist then, everyone was using 80-column screens. > >> > >> :set wrapmargin=72 > > > > ITYM > > :set wraplen=72 > > (I use 73, it's prime, and therefor intrinsically better) > > JOOI, how do you reformat a paragraph with vi? !}fmt^M Will reformat from the cursor position to the end of the paragraph. If you care about quoting, write a script, or map a key, instead. Another common trick is to use abbreviation expansion in your .exrc: ab teh the ab cutsomer customer ab heirarchy hierarchy ab JOOI What the heck is this supposed to mean? Etc. See the VI FAQ for quoted text reformatting macros: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/editor-faq/vi/part2/faq.html Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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