vim text wrapping is controled by setting textwidth. try issueing :help textwidth
in vim. In general I think it is a good idea. I'd rather have text prematurely wrapped and wasting part of my 160x50 console display, than having badly wrapped text that is hard to read. W On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 08:40:12AM -0700, Grant wrote: > My new mutt+vim installation is wrapping text when I compose an email. > I was trying to figure out how to turn that off, but is it a good > idea to wrap the text of email you send? I would think most clients > wrap text before displaying the message, but maybe some don't? > > - Grant > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Address: 45 Spelman Hall, Princeton University 08544 * * Phone: x68958 AIM: AngularJerk * * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: sep.dynalias.net * ---------------------------------------------------------------- "`...You hadn't exactly gone out of your way to call attention to them had you? I mean like actually telling anyone or anything.' `But the plans were on display...' `On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.' `That's the display department.' `With a torch.' `Ah, well the lights had probably gone.' `So had the stairs.' `But look you found the notice didn't you?' `Yes,' said Arthur, `yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard".'" - Arthur singing the praises of the local council planning department. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 2 days, 16:04 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list