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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSw DOT Invalid>
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Subject: Re: question about fmt
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Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 04:27:04 GMT
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On Sun, 30 May 2004 19:08:24 -0400 (EDT) in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, Jude
DaShiell <jdashiel AT shellworld DOT net> wrote:

>has fmt been updated since version 1.22 by now?  I had a rude discovery 
>running text letter files through it and found it munged up addresses on 
>letters very badly.

filter only the paragraphs, not the header or trailer text, from your
text editor thru fmt e.g. /^Dear/+2,/^Yours/-2!fmt

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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