Re: [Evolution] Long Lines - No Word Wrap

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > I have a formatting issue I cannot figure out.   About half of the
> > time when I reply or forward an email, the body of the original text
> > loses its word wrap and becomes one very long line per paragraph..
> > needless to say this makes following the entire thread a difficult
> > proposition.
> >
> > Note - this happens whether I reply/forward Inline or Quoted. 
>
> In the compose window, select "Normal" from the paragraph formatting
> drop-down list on the format bar (i.e. between the "Ssubject:" field and
> the text area). The selection "Preformat" causes the lines not being
> word-rapped. Please note: You have to be in the paragraph whose
> formatting you want to change (or just select the whole message body
> with ctrl+a and then change the paragraph formatting to "Normal").

Very true. :)

Note though, that this happens only for mails you received, that have
been formatted like that. I do see this too, but rarely only. It really
depends on the formatting of the mail you're replying to.


> BTW, I would like to have "Normal" as a standard paragraph setting for
> inlined/quoted messages in replies/forwardings, too. Is there any
> possibilities to change this??

IMHO, this would be wrong. Every Reply adds 2 chars to the lines width.
Thus, wrapping lines at the same width as the text you are writing will
lead to single words, dangling off and ending up in a line by its own.
For example, the part of the original post in this reply already is 4
chars longer...

As for your own text -- Evo sure defaults to Normal (with word wrap) for
everything you type.

...guenther


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