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- From: brunkhorst@mayo.edu (Geoff Brunkhorst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
- Subject: Re: mail program: how to change default # of columns in send window
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.204246.1655@bmw.mayo.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 20:42:46 GMT
- References: <16ea5aINN69o@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester MN. Campus
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- In article <16ea5aINN69o@agate.berkeley.edu>
- sandell@chowning.CNMAT.Berkeley.EDU (Gregory J. Sandell) writes:
- >
- > Hi,
- >
- > There is a problem I have with the NeXT mail program which drives me
- > crazy. For some reason, Send windows (when in Non-NEXT format) have a
- > default of 70 columns per line. This is true on my machine, at least.
- >
- > Alot of text I send in mail comes from files that were created in
- > 80-column format...that is there are returns/linefeeds in the text to make
- > it conform to no more than 80 characters per line. Whenever I paste that
- > into a Send window, it reformats it to 70 columns and keeps the
- > return/linefeeds exactly where they were; this looks ugly to say the
- > least. For heavens sake, isn't there a way to change this default to 80
- > columns?
-
- yes... install Version 3.0 when you get it.
-
- or yes. switch to NeXTmail with a fixed font and set your window to 80
- characters wide. Then paste in your mail. (how to set your window
- to 80 characters... My mail font is the same font as my Stuart font,
- thus I size my window to the same size as my Stuart.
-
- > I couldn't find a way to do this in the preferences dialog for
- > Mail.
-
- because it isn't possible under 2.x. period. I have tried. NeXT
- says... "wait for 3.0".
-
- -Geoff
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