Re: [Evolution] problem with word-wrap during message compose

[Randal Jarrett <rsj radio org>]

Thanks for the information.  When I changed to 'monospace' font it fixed
the problem but it doesn't seem very logical that there would be the
ability to change the terminal font to something more pleasant and not
have it work properly.

I would deem this more a bug.

Randy

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 17:08, guenther wrote:
> > Last month when I was writing a message the compose window started
> > word-wrapping at about 36 characters.  The outbound message was ok.
> >
> > I went through everything I could find in the settings and in the files
> > in my home directory but no luck.
> >
> > Anyone have any suggestions ?
>
> Yep, this one comes up every few weeks. There are 2 possibilities that
> could cause this:
>
> - The font size used for composing messages is way too huge. This will
>   cause the text to wrap at the right window border. Decrease the font
>   size or increase the width of the Composer window.
>
> - Rather than a monospaced font, you are using a font with variable
>   width for Composing text/plain messages. Set
>    Tools / Settings / Mail Preferences / General / Terminal Font
>   to a sane monospace font.
>
> ...guenther
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Randal Jarrett
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