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@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Thunderbird (GUI)
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Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways
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to coerce it into behaving.
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-- Allows use of an external editor:
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+- Allow use of an external editor:
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The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an
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"external editor" extension and then just use your favorite $EDITOR
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for reading/merging patches into the body text. To do this, download
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@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ to coerce it into behaving.
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View->Toolbars->Customize... and finally just click on it when in the
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Compose dialog.
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+ Please note that "external editor" requires that your editor must not
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+ fork, or in other words, the editor must not return before closing.
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+ You may have to pass additional flags or change the settings of your
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+ editor. Most notably if you are using gvim then you must pass the -f
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+ option to gvim by putting "/usr/bin/gvim -f" (if the binary is in
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+ /usr/bin) to the text editor field in "external editor" settings. If you
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+ are using some other editor then please read its manual to find out how
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+ to do this.
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+
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To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this:
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- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed.
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