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Re: [vm-bugs] wrong-type-argument for vm-fill-long-lines-in-reply
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Matthew Lovell |
Subject: |
Re: [vm-bugs] wrong-type-argument for vm-fill-long-lines-in-reply |
Date: |
Wed, 4 Jan 2012 15:05:13 -0700 |
Hi Uday,
Responding to one observation you made in your reply...
Uday Reddy writes:
> > I can also get the identical error to occur by interactively calling
> > vm-fill-long-lines-in-reply in the composition frame of the reply.
>
> I think it is a good idea to allow the interactive use of this command. So,
> I will add a check for the variable.
>
> However, I think it is not a good idea to do automatic filling any more.
> You can turn on auto-fill-mode in the message composition buffer. If there
> are still long lines when you send, then VM will MIME-encode the message so
> that it is legal and the email recipients can use their own viewers to do
> filling or wrapping.
>
> The problem with automatic filling is that it removes line breaks which may
> be important, e.g., in tables or program code.
>
I can see your point. There have often been instances in which the
auto-filling has made it totally impossible to read very wide
content.
What variable settings do you know recommend (or, equivalent, what
should I go remove from my ~/.vm file)?
Thanks!
Matt
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Matthew Lovell
Hewlett-Packard