From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753335AbbCIByG (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2015 21:54:06 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-f180.google.com ([74.125.82.180]:45083 "EHLO mail-we0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752800AbbCIByD (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Mar 2015 21:54:03 -0400 From: =?UTF-8?q?Giedrius=20Statkevi=C4=8Dius?= To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, =?UTF-8?q?Giedrius=20Statkevi=C4=8Dius?= Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 03:53:45 +0200 Message-Id: <1425866025-21002-1-git-send-email-giedrius.statkevicius@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.3.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- Documentation/email-clients.txt | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index eede608..064eed5 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -211,13 +211,20 @@ 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 and install the extension, then add a button for it using 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 thus 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: -- 2.3.2