Format

Choose Format to reformat selected long lines of text into physical lines of no more than 72 characters. This is useful, for example, when reading mail with lines longer than the width of the window. Formatting text before printing is also useful to make sure the lines will not be truncated by the printer.

Format uses the UNIX fmt command. It does not split words between lines, and it preserves blank lines and the spacing between words.

Format (and fmt) work only on lines of no more than 1024 characters.