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Re: Long lines in received msgs - display_filter?



On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 03:38:11AM EDT, Andre Bonhote wrote:

> I have read about the display_filter variable and I think that this is
> going to solve the problems I have with several outlook users. The mails
> they send come with oversized lines (sometimes). It's 1) hard to read
> and 2) it scrambles my display (like the bottom status bar gets
> overwritten ... ). In other words: It's annoying.
> 
> Now I guess a hook combined with display_filter and maybe sed would
> help. What I'd like would be something like the "gq" thing in vim. 
> 
> Did anyone sort this out like that? Any hints? Unfortunately I am not
> very fit with sed. Any ideas appreciated.

How about just piping the message through fmt(1) or - better - par(1)?

 - Dave

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