Re: [Evolution] Evolution 2.26.3 (FC11) how to change line wrap

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 07:15 -0700, Shiraz Malik wrote:
> Hi fellows,
>
> I am very upset about the fact that I cannot change the line wrap
> settings in Evolution while composing the email. I don't like line
> wraps and want my email client to respect the window size of the
> compose window. I don't want any hard coded 72 characters line wrap. I
> don't want to use pre-formated workaround since it makes me scroll the
> email back and forth to see one line. Isn't it something very basic to
> have in an email client to do auto line wrap based on the size of your
> window or am I missing something? What are the options we have if we
> want to change this behavior? Can I change the line wrap from 72
> characters to lets say 100? I really want to know where are these
> settings being saved. Why no one else finds it annoying?

Ancient lore says that 72 characters is the maximum line length you can
safely assume everyone will support (we're talking old display terminals
and teletypes here). This is clearly an out-of-date requirement (it's
pre-MIME for one thing) but there it is. Although many MUAs ignore it,
Evo tends to be stricter than others with this sort of thing. If you
want to have it changed, file a report at http://bugzilla.gnome.org,
although it has probably been requested before.

poc