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Re: OT: column 72 in mutt with xterm && vim



El día Wednesday, March 12, 2008 a las 12:07:52PM +0100, rhardman escribió:

> * À 20080312-1012_Wed, Matthias Apitz (m.apitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx) écrivit:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > This question is mutt related but perhaps a bit off-topic; but maybe
> > of interest of more mutt users ...
> > 
> > I'm using mutt and writing e-mails with a 'vim' in a xterm window;
> > the line length of this xterm window is pulled to more than 80
> > columns so other output fits better (for example of 'ls'); of course
> > I don't want to type behind column 72 when writing e-mail because
> > I'm old and understand how mail should be written (only ASCII and
> > only up to column 72; the 80 column punch cards have been my friends
> > and my first input media to computers in the 70's :-))
> > 
> > Well, is there some way to draw a magic vertical line in the xterm or
> > 'vim' in column 72?
> 
> Would adding "-c 'set tw=72' " to the "set editor = vim" line in your .muttrc 
> help?
> 
> Reg Hardman

Thanks for all hints. I was thinking in having really something like
a line on the terminal to get a visible bounder on typing (and not only
line wrapping); the closest is that :syntax match WarningMsg /\%>70v.*/
(thanks Christian);

also 'eterm' as replacement for 'xterm' comes into my mind, because one
can load images a background into the terminal...

Thx anyway to all 

        matthias

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