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    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.


(Of course I'd just make sure auto-fill-mode was on and then hit M-q
if I needed to force a refill; then again I'm not a vi using heathen
:).

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