[ale] Vi editor paragraph formatting command

[Jim Seymour]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 09:41:43AM -0400, Fletch wrote:
> >>>>> "Jim" == Jim Seymour <bluejay at speedfactory.net> writes:
> 
>     Jim> Hi All, Debian uses vi as the editor for the mutt email
>     Jim> client. Every now and then I end up editing an email and
>     Jim> throwing off the line wrap. Line wrap is set to 72
>     Jim> characters. What command would I use to whip the email back
>     Jim> into shape. Google and Linux for Dummies Quick Reference
>     Jim> didn't uncover what I am looking for.
> 
> You want to pipe the text through 'fmt -72', so some variant of '}!fmt
> -72' should do it to the current paragraph.
> 
>
Thanks Fletch,

I just managed to find your command and also "gqap" by regoogling. Tried
and it works.

Thanks,

Jim