Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
> Hi Sharon,
>
>> I have this in my .gnus file
>>
>> (add-hook 'message-mode-hook
>> (lambda ()
>>   (setq fill-column 68)
>>   (turn-on-auto-fill)))
>
> message-mode is the mode to write emails/newsgroup postings in, so it
> has nothing to do with how articles are formatted that you're receiving.
>
>> What else should I do please to regain sensible line-wrapping?
>
> You can wrap the current viewed article by typing `W w' in either the
> summary or the article buffer.
>
> ,----[ W w ]
> | W w runs the command gnus-article-fill-cited-article (found in
> | gnus-summary-mode-map), which is an interactive autoloaded compiled Lisp
> | function in `gnus-cite.el'.
> | 
> | It is bound to W w, <menu-bar> <Article> <Washing> <Word wrap>.
> | 
> | (gnus-article-fill-cited-article &optional WIDTH LONG-LINES)
> | 
> | Do word wrapping in the current article.
> | If WIDTH (the numerical prefix), use that text width when
> | filling.  If LONG-LINES, only fill sections that have lines
> | longer than the frame width.
> `----

Thanks for this Tassilo, but what can I put in my .gnus so that every
message that I receive is auto-magically wrapped?

Sharon.
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