Re: Re: Manual line breaks in emails

On 3/28/26 10:53 AM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 3/28/26 10:33 AM, Dale wrote:
>> I tried to find this in Thunderbird.  I even used the Find tool.  I 
>> can't find it.  I'd like to try it and see what it does.
>
> The message that I'm replying to is using format=flowed.
>
>> I'd think Thunderbird has this.
>
> Yes it does.  (See previous statement.)
>
> It has had it for as long as I can remember.
>
>> You have any idea where it might be hiding?
>
> I think the last time I needed to adjust preferences for format=flowed 
> was in about:config.
>
> That's mostly because there is exceedingly little need for adjusting 
> the preferences for format=flowed.  As such Thunderbird developers 
> have removed menu / config panel UI settings for something that 
> effectively never needs to be changed.
>
>> It's odd the Find tool can't find it either.  :/
>
> I'm not surprised.
>
> about:config
>
>  - mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed = true
>  - mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support = false
>
> This paragraph is all one logical line to test format=flowed.  a b c d 
> e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l 
> m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t 
> u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a 
> b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i 
> j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q 
> r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y 
> z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f 
> g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 
> o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v 
> w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c 
> d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  a b c d e f g h i j k 
> l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z.  This paragraph is all one logical line 
> to test format=flowed.
>
>
>


I'm not sure what I should see.  The part above is ever how wide my 
window will allow.  I'd like it to wrap at some number, maybe 80, maybe 
100.  I'd like to play with the setting a bit.  The arthritis in my neck 
make turning my head harder.  So I like to read more narrow stuff by 
moving just my eyes.  I can help with this in Firefox by making Tree 
Style Tabs wide.  That narrows the window space available for articles 
and such.  I have mailnews.wraplength set to 72.  I'm not sure it is 
wrapping tho.  The other wrap settings are set to true as well.  I'd 
think it would wrap but even when I narrow or widen the pane for 
reading, it just expands to fit and is really wide.  It doesn't seem to 
wrap.  Odd.

Dale

:-)  :-)