[Bug 146190] New: Linebreak with fixed text width implemented incorrectly

[Richard Hartmann]

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           Summary: Linebreak with fixed text width implemented incorrectly
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Debian testing
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs kde org
        ReportedBy: richih-kde richih org


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

I have been using pine as my primary mail client for a few years now, but I am using KMail for checking on a few of the less used accounts.

I set the text width for both pine & KMail to 72 to allow inline answering without breaking lines for people reading on 80 space terminals.

When I reply to a message written with text width 72 or above in pine, the text I am replying to in correctly indented. When I do the same with KMail, the text I am answering to is forced into a width of 72, creating line breaks and defeating the purpose of the text width.

As a side note, a reformat option like vim's gggqG (just write a few long and short lines, :set tw=72 do gggqG) would be extremely helpful.