Auto Word-Wrap in Thunderbird?

[Don McC]

New to Windows 7 (Home Premium 64 bit) and Thunderbird
(3.1.7). Is there any way to get T-bird to automatically
word-wrap or to limit line length in e-mail and Usenet? TIA.

 

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[Paul]

New to Windows 7 (Home Premium 64 bit) and Thunderbird
(3.1.7). Is there any way to get T-bird to automatically
word-wrap or to limit line length in e-mail and Usenet? TIA.

In TB2 (the one I'm using right now), I go to

Tools : Options : Composition

Wrap plain text messages at ___ characters

Fill in the blank area, with a character count.

I expect TB3 is similar, but you'll likely be able
to figure it out.

Then, subscribe to alt.test and do your testing there

Paul

 

[Motor T]

New to Windows 7 (Home Premium 64 bit) and Thunderbird
(3.1.7). Is there any way to get T-bird to automatically
word-wrap or to limit line length in e-mail and Usenet? TIA.

Tools>options>advanced>click the 'config editor' button. Click the 'I
promise button'. In the search filter field type in:
'mailnews.wraplength'(Without the quotes). Change the value to 72 (or
whatever number of characters you prefer). If required Ok your way
back out.

 

[Nil]

In TB2 (the one I'm using right now), I go to

Tools : Options : Composition

Wrap plain text messages at ___ characters

Fill in the blank area, with a character count.

I expect TB3 is similar, but you'll likely be able
to figure it out.

That option has been removed from the main options area of TB3. It's now
hidden in an advanced configuration area. I couldn't find it myself
until I did a little google for it:

"Tools => Options => Advanced => General Tab => Config Editor => (and go
down to find) Mailnews.wraplength

you can change the setting to 80 or 90 or whatever you want the wrap to
occur at."

I do think the default setting of 72 characters is a good one and it
shouldn't be changed without a very informed reason for doing so,

 

[Paul]

That option has been removed from the main options area of TB3. It's now
hidden in an advanced configuration area. I couldn't find it myself
until I did a little google for it:

"Tools => Options => Advanced => General Tab => Config Editor => (and go
down to find) Mailnews.wraplength

you can change the setting to 80 or 90 or whatever you want the wrap to
occur at."

I do think the default setting of 72 characters is a good one and it
shouldn't be changed without a very informed reason for doing so,

I wonder why they removed the setting ?

Thunderbird seems to use some of the same engine as a web browser, and
that Config Editor is similar to about:config in their browser. A pretty
bad UI change, to bury it in there.

I set the wrap to 1000 on mine, so I can control where a line
wraps. It allows a longer URL to be posted in one piece,
up to the point that the USENET server rules prevent posting
because the line is too long. Doing that isn't of much use
on a site like AIOE, because they police line length there
pretty closely (130?).

Paul

 

[Stan Brown]

I wonder why they removed the setting ?

This is my beef with Mozilla software in general -- to do pretty much
any configuration you have to go into a poorly- or un-documented
"about:config" setting.

I understand the desire to keep the user interface small, but then we
shouldn't have to spend a long time searching for the mechanism to
make each change.

 

[Char Jackson]

I wonder why they removed the setting ?

Thunderbird seems to use some of the same engine as a web browser, and
that Config Editor is similar to about:config in their browser. A pretty
bad UI change, to bury it in there.

I set the wrap to 1000 on mine, so I can control where a line
wraps. It allows a longer URL to be posted in one piece,
up to the point that the USENET server rules prevent posting
because the line is too long. Doing that isn't of much use
on a site like AIOE, because they police line length there
pretty closely (130?).

Seriously? Thunderbird doesn't automatically make an exception for a
URL? That seems lame to the point where I wonder why it hasn't been
discovered a long time ago and quickly fixed.