In your skins folder find _item_content.inc.php and look for..

$Item->more_link( array(
				'before'    => $params['before_more_link'],
				'after'     => $params['after_more_link'],
				'link_text' => $params['more_link_text'],
			) );

change that to

$Item->more_link( array(
				'before'    => $params['before_more_link'],
				'after'     => $params['after_more_link'],
				'link_text' => $params['more_link_text'],
            'anchor_text' => '',
                    ));

It might give a "blank" anchor text

That worked perfect and was exactly what I was looking for. Now the text just flows through like I never added the !M however on the title page my articles are cropped.

Thank you very much for the great info.

can u pls tell me where I can find the "read more" hack?

When you make a post, one of your toolbar buttons has !M on it ( or summat ). Press that at the point you want to break the post.

Then the changes that John posted go in skins/_item_content.inc.php

¥

but in his way the writer decides the length of the post.

I want the the post is cut automatically in the first page.

I do not have the _item_content.inc.php file.
maybe my version is old. But I cannot update it as it as installed by my provider.