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[Christian Brabandt]

On Do, 07 Jan 2021, Matthias Apitz wrote:

> I do use in ~/.muttrc
> 
> set editor="vim \'+set textwidth=72\' \'+syntax match WarningMsg /\\%>70v.*/\' -i NONE"

If Vim is setup with filetype detection logic, it automatically knows 
you are editing a mail filetype, because it recognizes the path. For 
this you need a `:filetype plugin on` in your .vimrc. 

Then place your filetype specific settings in a file called
~/.vim/after/ftplugin/mail.vim

(create non-existing directories; depending on your needs, one may leave 
out the after directory). If you have several files you need to read in, 
you can alternatively place them all in a directory
~/.vim/after/ftplugin/mail/

Also, you usually want to set buffer local settings, so use `:setl` 
instead of `:set` or `:setg`.

I have described my setup here:
https://www.256bit.org/~chrisbra/cms/vim_as_e-mail_editor.html


regards,
Christian
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