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   Message 825 of 1,237   
   Maurice Kinal to Nicholas Boel   
   this split is limited to -b 2000m   
   17 Nov 24 01:34:35   
   
   MSGID: 1:153/7001.2989 6739482b   
   CHRS: UTF-8 4   
   Hey Nicholas!   
      
    NB> Once I noticed that 'gq' will not only wrap a long line, but will    
    NB> also automatically insert the quote character at the beginning of    
    NB> every line that was wrapped   
      
   I am sure that is what mutt does which is what I use for email.  I used to use   
   pine back in the Triassic, whose default editor was pico, which is the   
   grandfather to nano.  I believe it used the same strategy for quoting as vim.    
   To be honest I prefer the fold/sed quoting seen above which it far more   
   fido-ish as well as bashist as any old hack in-the-know will verify I am sure.   
      
    NB> +mouse_gpm   
      
   I would (and do) turn that off using the --disable-gpm to vim's configure.    
   Same with in mc (mcedit).  That way cutting and pasting from other consoles is   
   vastly more usable.  vim doesn't need no stinkin' mouse.   
      
    NB> Ooh, neat-o!   
      
   For sure.  For creating manpages or info files it is a godsend.  As a bonus it   
   works great for dumping information straight into a msg like thus;   
      
    :read !trans -b -no-ansi -t ukrainian "Strong like bull, smart like   
   tractor."   
   Сильний, як бик, розумний, як трактор.   
      
   Gotta love it.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
    o-  -o    o-   o-   o-   o-   o-   o-   o-  -o    o-  -o    o-   o-   o-  -o   
   /)    (\  /)   /)   /)   /)   /)   /)   /)    (\  /)    (\  /)   /)   /)    (\   
   ^^    ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^   ^^    ^^  ^^    ^^  ^^   ^^   ^^    ^^   
   ... Fidonet 4K - You load sixteen penguins and what do you get?   
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