Re: mutt, vim, and autowrapping replies

[cs]

On 19Aug2016 12:39, li...@rickv.com  wrote:

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 02:14:15PM +1000, c...@zip.com.au wrote:
One caveat is that in format=flowed a line with no trailing space is 
actually not meant to be reflowed. Such as lines of code.


I'm not sure how it handles this, the way it is. It'll probably need 
tweaking. It's already butchered my sig.


-- Rick Valenzuela Videojournalist Shanghai, China

+86 185 0177 0138 r...@rickv.com

GnuPG ID: 0xD5644029


Note that the sig delimiter convention is two leading dashes and a space _on 
their own on a line_. Was yours like this before the reflow?


Anyway, such a delimiter sounds at least technically feasible to honour.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson 

Re: mutt, vim, and autowrapping replies

[Erik Christiansen]

On 19.08.16 12:39, li...@rickv.com wrote:
> I found the answer here:
> http://www.mdlerch.com/emailing-mutt-and-vim-advanced-config.html
> 
> I'm using it now; it works well. Except,
> 
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 02:14:15PM +1000, c...@zip.com.au wrote:
> >One caveat is that in format=flowed a line with no trailing space
> >is actually not meant to be reflowed. Such as lines of code.
> 
> I'm not sure how it handles this, the way it is. It'll probably need
> tweaking. It's already butchered my sig.

Urrg. If a complete solution evolves, I'd consider it. But in the
interim vim fully honours "> > > " style quoting when reflowing a
paragraph with gq}, which I've mapped to ^W, allowing reflow of three
paragraphs with ^WWW. That is cheap enough that full automation may
become a backwards step on encountering an occasion when it's not
desired.

As the reflow leaves the cursor after the reflowed paragraph, that is
the time to decide whether to reply to the text - and if not, then hit
d{ to delete the bumpf not relevant to the reply being composed. If the
need for explicit reflowing of quoted text encourages more assiduous
pruning in lieu of profligate over-quoting, then let's keep it manual, I
say.

Erik
(Where's my tin hat & flak jacket?)

Re: mutt, vim, and autowrapping replies

[lists]

On 18Aug2016 20:25, Jeremy Volkening  wrote:
Generally speaking I have the interface between mutt and vim regarding 
wrapping, flowed text, and quoting working satisfactorily. However, 
sometimes I receive mail with no line breaks within paragraphs. If I 
reply to such a message, the lack of hard breaks in the quoted 
paragraphs is retained within vim, and I'd rather not send out my 
replies formatted in this way. I can re-format the paragraphs to 
follow my textwidth setting with a few keystrokes, but I was wondering 
if anyone knew of anything I could add to "mail.vim" to re-flow the 
quoted text automatically upon opening in vim?


Nice, thanks for asking this question; I had no idea that I wanted this. 


I found the answer here:
http://www.mdlerch.com/emailing-mutt-and-vim-advanced-config.html

I'm using it now; it works well. Except,

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 02:14:15PM +1000, c...@zip.com.au wrote:
One caveat is that in format=flowed a line with no trailing space is 
actually not meant to be reflowed. Such as lines of code.


I'm not sure how it handles this, the way it is. It'll probably need 
tweaking. It's already butchered my sig.


-- Rick Valenzuela Videojournalist Shanghai, China

+86 185 0177 0138 r...@rickv.com

GnuPG ID: 0xD5644029

Re: mutt, vim, and autowrapping replies

[cs]

On 18Aug2016 20:25, Jeremy Volkening  wrote:
Generally speaking I have the interface between mutt and vim regarding 
wrapping, flowed text, and quoting working satisfactorily. However, 
sometimes I receive mail with no line breaks within paragraphs. If I 
reply to such a message, the lack of hard breaks in the quoted 
paragraphs is retained within vim, and I'd rather not send out my 
replies formatted in this way. I can re-format the paragraphs to 
follow my textwidth setting with a few keystrokes, but I was wondering 
if anyone knew of anything I could add to "mail.vim" to re-flow the 
quoted text automatically upon opening in vim?


I too would like this.

One caveat is that in format=flowed a line with no trailing space is actually 
not meant to be reflowed. Such as lines of code.


I have an ancient macro bound to F7 with reformats a paragraph, a lot like 
piping it through the fmt command. Maybe it is enough to have such a macro and 
just walk through the text pressing it on offending paragraphs?


Alternatively, one might only reflow lines not indented.

Just random thoughts, happy to hear better ones.

Cheers,
Cameron Simpson 

mutt, vim, and autowrapping replies

[Jeremy Volkening]

Generally speaking I have the interface between mutt and vim regarding 
wrapping, flowed text, and quoting working satisfactorily. However, 
sometimes I receive mail with no line breaks within paragraphs. If I 
reply to such a message, the lack of hard breaks in the quoted 
paragraphs is retained within vim, and I'd rather not send out my 
replies formatted in this way. I can re-format the paragraphs to follow 
my textwidth setting with a few keystrokes, but I was wondering if 
anyone knew of anything I could add to "mail.vim" to re-flow the quoted 
text automatically upon opening in vim?


Thanks,
Jeremy