Re: [Evolution] Composer Word Wrap, Revisited

["E. Joshua Rigler" <jrigler colorado edu>]

Well, as one might notice in the quoted text below, the message *I*
received from Dustin wrapped at column 72.  Something I've noticed in my
version 1.4.5 (I know that's old, but I use RH-EL v3 at work) is that
the compose window simply starts out too narrow and forces words to wrap
early in order to stay visible.  Once I send the message, however, the
lines are re-formatted to wrap at column 72.  I can also drag the
compose window wider, and the lines are continually reformatted to fit
within the window until a maximum column width of 72 is reached, at
which point lines wrap as expected.  All of my email is written in
plain-text, so I can't say anything about HTML email composition.

That said, it would be nice if the compose window width could be set or
remembered from session to session so I don't have to drag my window
wider for true WYSIWYG email composition.

-EJR


On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 09:20, Dustin D. Trammell wrote:
> Now, before you all groan "oh no, not this topic again", let me explain
> that yes, I know that you cannot change the upper column bound value at
> which the Evolution composer wraps lines.  I've also gathered from the
> list archives that it should be wrapping at column 72, and that value is
> hard-coded.
>
> My problem however, is that lines are wrapping at column 55, as I'm sure
> you can see is demonstrated by this message.  All previous installations
> of Evolution I've used in the past (packaged bins as well as built from
> source) have wrapped at column 72, which is perfectly reasonable. 55 is
> way too soon.  I'm currently using Evolution 2.2.3, as is packaged by
> Dropline Gnome 2.10.2.  Is this likely an issue with Evolution itself
> (or a recent change that I can't find reference for), or with some other
> component in Gnome that may be causing Evolution to behave this way?
>
> Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide,