On 4-06-2011, at 17h 06'59", Tim Guirgies wrote about "Re: mutt and some GMail features" > > Yes indeed. > > Well, in vim, all you need to do is > :set textwidth=72 > or, shorthand > :set tw=72 > > You can put that into your .vimrc file so you don't have to do it all > the time: > " Default textwidth to 72 > set textwidth=72 > > You'll notice I use 72, and a lot of other people will recommend 72 as > well. >
If you use vim for other than editing e-mails, you may want not to add that limit in your .vimrc. Instead add this to your .muttrc: set editor="/usr/bin/vim -c 'set ft=mail et tw=72'" Ionel
