From d50ca07863eb42ab5acb11ae6b2241c3db875061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Giedrius=20Statkevi=C4=8Dius?= Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 03:53:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fix one grammar mistake (Allows->Allow) and add extra information about the external editor add-on of Thunderbird: the developer must make sure that their editor doesn't fork (IOW it mustn't return before closing) thus they should be careful how they configure the addon. Furthermore, add a tip how to do it with gvim. Signed-off-by: Giedrius Statkevičius [jc: some minor wording/formatting tweaks] Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/email-clients.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index eede6088f978..c7d49b885559 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Thunderbird (GUI) Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways to coerce it into behaving. -- Allows use of an external editor: +- Allow use of an external editor: The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an "external editor" extension and then just use your favorite $EDITOR for reading/merging patches into the body text. To do this, download @@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ to coerce it into behaving. View->Toolbars->Customize... and finally just click on it when in the Compose dialog. + Please note that "external editor" requires that your editor must not + fork, or in other words, the editor must not return before closing. + You may have to pass additional flags or change the settings of your + editor. Most notably if you are using gvim then you must pass the -f + option to gvim by putting "/usr/bin/gvim -f" (if the binary is in + /usr/bin) to the text editor field in "external editor" settings. If you + are using some other editor then please read its manual to find out how + to do this. + To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this: - Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed. -- 2.20.1