Re: Formatting Posts With VI

From: Floyd L. Davidson (floyd_at_barrow.com)
Date: 09/12/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 19:29:01 -0800

Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy> wrote:
>I just stumbled across this little 'trick' and thought it
>was worth passing on.
>
>What the following allows you to do is to simply hit "v"
>while you are in command mode, and it will re-format the
>paragraph your cursor is currently on, to a maximum line
>length of 75 characters, splitting and filling as it
>works. (The -c option tells it to leave an indented first
>line alone.)

Lordy, isn't that thrilling...

   1) Use 60-65 columns per line, not 70+.

   2) Use emacs instead of vi and you can reformat
      your own paragraphs, *and* the ones you quote
      with a properly placed quote prefix on each
      line.

Notice that I reforatted your paragraphs to 60 columns, like
they should have been to start with, all with two keystrokes
per paragraph. 

-- 
FloydL. Davidson           <http://web.newsguy.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)                         floyd@barrow.com

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