> The second point is that I don't want emacs to always use > auto-fill-mode but only if it is invoked by mutt. > But I noticed that the auto-fill-mode breaks always at 70 chars. Even > if I try to override the value. Strange thing.
here's what I have in my ~/.muttrc to accomplish the auto-fill-mode when emacs is invoked from mutt. set editor="emacs -nw %s --eval '(setq make-backup-files nil) (auto-fill-mode)'" though all you really need is: set editor="emacs %s --eval '(auto-fill-mode)'" HTH, .adam -- Adam Lazur - Computer Engineering Undergrad - Lehigh University icq# 3354423 - http://www.lehigh.edu/~ajl4 "After all, how do you give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt when you know that if you throw it into a room with truth, you'd risk a matter/anti-matter explosion." -from N. Petreley's column, "Down to the Wire", 9/96 issue of Inforworld