[imp] wordwrap message lines at 72

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

>> sorry... my poor english... i try again
>>
>> for example, when i display in imp a mail that i sent from imp in  
>> reply to other mail, i see the quoted part of the mail wrapped,  
>> while i see the part that i wrote not wrapped
>
> I agree that this is irritating and I still didn't get used to it. I  
> guess this happens if the original, now quoted, text was not flowed,  
> while the newer part is. So the old part is hard wrapped, and the  
> flowed part is, well, flowing.
>
> I find it easier to read the way we do it in Whups, and like we used  
> to do it in IMP, i.e. wrap at 76, even with flowed text. Of course  
> this causes problems if those lines don't fit into the window,  
> because of small screens etc. Maybe we could use a max-width CSS  
> layer for wrapping instead?

Well, you've hit the nail on the head... forcing a wrap of flowed text  
at 76 characters (or 80 or whatever) results, for probably most  
screens out there today, in a *bunch* of wasted white space on the  
right side of the text (if using a LTR language).  This wasted  
whitespace can be the difference between being able to read the entire  
message without scrolling (especially in something like dimp's preview  
window).

A CSS solution might be useful although it is not going to be a  
priority for me to implement anytime soon.

michael

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