Re: line wrapping while printing or replying to messages
* On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 Tom Koornwinder (thk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) muttered:
> I am using mutt on a unix system. Although long lines in received messages
> are wrapped while I am reading mail, the lines do not remain wrapped
> while I send the message with the p command to the printer
here's what i'm using:
set print_command="fmt --prefix='>' -s | fmt -s | a2ps -b'' -1 -R
--pretty-print=mail -o ~/print.ps"
> or while I am quoting (parts of) messages in a reply.
which editor are you using? vim has a nice feature to "fix" quoting and
long lines. (:help gq)
other editors can do similar things.
> Is there a mutt command to save messages such that the wrapping is
> made permanent by inserting hard returns?
par, fmt
> I apologize if this is a naive beginner's question.
not at all.
HTH,
Michael
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