Re: [vile] I can't get 'fillcol' to work

[cl]

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 08:13:37PM +0000, address@hidden wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 02:15:29PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, address@hidden wrote:
> > 
> > >I'm using a wide window but want to stay within 80 columns
> > >when I'm in mutt.
> > >
> > >So I have added a 'set fillcol=70' when using vile from mutt (my
> > >mail program).  The value is certainly set, it appears when I do a
> > >'setall' but it seems to be having no effect.  I have, in addition,
> > >tried unsetting 'wrapmargin' but with 'fillcol' set to 70 and
> > >'wrapmargin' unset I get no autowrap at all.
> > >
> > >Am I misunderstanding what fillcol is supposed to do or is it broken?
> > 
> > fillcol is mostly used when you're doing a :format-til
> > 
> > It also (if you set wrapwords) acts like wrapmargin, forcing new text to 
> > wrap as it's inserted.  It's been a while since I thought about wrapwords, 
> > but a quick check seems to show it's still working.
> > 
> Ah, so you're saying that I need to set wrapwords as well as fillcol?
> 
Yes, that's it, thank you!  Maybe the 'help' needs to make this clear,
fillcol only does something if wrapwords is set.

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Chris Green (address@hidden)