created by

Mauro Sauco

script type

utility

description

This tiny script (my first one) can convert this: On 2006/10/23@16:47, <Mauro, Sauco> wrote:   > This is a post with a very long text without wrapping of text that can go on and on forever and its very annoying because it will make the reply almost impossible to understand.   > This is another very long line that looks very ugly because some e-mail clients will wrap it automatically but will not consider the indentation mark.   > I love inline replaying because:     > 1. Inline posting creates a natural, chronological ordering to each segment of the discussion stored within a message.   > 2. Inline posting promotes the practice of trimming quoted text to prevent signature blocks, free-mail-service ads, and corporate disclaimers piling up in a growing useless "tail" at the end.   > 3. nline posting doesn't require the poster to recap each issue being addressed, as comments can be made point-for-point against the original message, making for a more structured, disciplined and unambiguous reply. Into this: On 2006/10/23@16:47, <Mauro, Sauco> wrote:   Mauro> This is a post with a very long text without wrapping of text     Mauro> that can go on and on forever and its very annoying because it   Mauro> will make the replay almost impossible to understand.  This is Then you can replay inline like this.      Mauro> another very long line that looks very ugly because some e-mail     Mauro> clients will wrap it automatically but will not consider the   Mauro> indentation mark.  I love inline replaying because: 1. Inline Or like this.   Mauro> posting creates a natural, chronological ordering to each     Mauro> segment of the discussion stored within a message.  2. Inline   Mauro> posting promotes the practice of trimming quoted text to     Mauro> prevent signature blocks, free-mail-service ads, and corporate   Mauro> disclaimers piling up in a growing useless "tail" at the end. I agree !   Mauro> 3. nline posting doesn't require the poster to recap each issue   Mauro> being addressed, as comments can be made point-for-point   Mauro> against the original message, making for a more structured,   Mauro> disciplined and unambiguous reply. In case you didn't notice, the text is now wrapped at 72 and indented with the recipients name. How you like it ? Plese feel free to drop me an e-mail with questions, suggestions, etc. Read the header of the script for keybidings.

install details

You can source it  like this:       vim -c 'source mail_indenter.vim' Or within Vim like this:      :source mail_indenter.vim In .muttrc like this:     set editor="vim -f +8 -c 'source  mail_indenter.vim' " Or copy it to ~/.vim/plugin/

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
mail_indenter.vim	0.1	2006-10-23	6.0	Mauro Sauco	Initial upload

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