On 02/22/10 06:19, Dave Young wrote: > Gmail web gui does not work for sending patches now even with firefox > "view source with" extension. It will use windows style line breaks > to wrap lines automatically when sening email. > > Rewrite the gmail web gui part of email client documentation. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Young <hidave.darkstar@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks. > --- > Documentation/email-clients.txt | 24 ++++++------------------ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > --- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/email-clients.txt 2010-02-16 17:11:38.000000000 +0800 > +++ linux-2.6/Documentation/email-clients.txt 2010-02-16 17:23:32.000000000 +0800 > @@ -216,26 +216,14 @@ Works. Use "Insert file..." or external > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Gmail (Web GUI) > > -If you just have to use Gmail to send patches, it CAN be made to work. It > -requires a bit of external help, though. > +Does not work for sending patches. > > -The first problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces. This will > -totally break your patches. To prevent this, you have to use a different > -editor. There is a firefox extension called "ViewSourceWith" > -(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/394) which allows you to > -edit any text box in the editor of your choice. Configure it to launch > -your favorite editor. When you want to send a patch, use this technique. > -Once you have crafted your messsage + patch, save and exit the editor, > -which should reload the Gmail edit box. GMAIL WILL PRESERVE THE TABS. > -Hoorah. Apparently you can cut-n-paste literal tabs, but Gmail will > -convert those to spaces upon sending! > +Gmail web client converts tabs to spaces automatically. > > -The second problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces on replies. If > -you reply to a patch, don't expect to be able to apply it as a patch. > +At the same time it wraps lines every 78 chars with CRLF style line breaks > +although tab2space problem can be solved with external editor. > > -The last problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a > -non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. Be aware. > - > -Gmail is not convenient for lkml patches, but CAN be made to work. > +Another problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a > +non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. -- ~Randy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
