Hi, On 7/14/22 06:11, sndanailov@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > From: Sotir Danailov <sndanailov@xxxxxxxxx> > > The instructions don't match with the current Thunderbird interface. > Clarification on using external extensions. > New information on how to avoid writing HTML emails. > > Signed-off-by: Sotir Danailov <sndanailov@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > Changelog since v1: > - better external extensions explanation > - information on avoiding HTML emails > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/20220713225037.1201-1-sndanailov@xxxxxxxxx/ > > Documentation/process/email-clients.rst | 64 +++++++++++++++++-------- > 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst > index 16586f6cc888..229cbde5b62c 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst > @@ -278,35 +278,57 @@ Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways > to coerce it into behaving. > > - 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 > - :menuselection:`View-->Toolbars-->Customize...` and finally just click on it > - when in the :menuselection:`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 :menuselection:`external editor` > - settings. If you are using some other editor then please read its manual > - to find out how to do this. > + > + The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use extensions > + which open your favorite external editor. > + > + Here are some example extensions which are capable of doing this. > + > + - "External Editor Revived" > + > + https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived > + > + https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/external-editor-revived/ > + > + It requires installing a "native messaging host". > + Please read the wiki which can be found here: > + https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/wiki Does thunderbird v91.11.0 qualify as newer or older? I tried to use the external-editor-revived yesterday with v1 of the patch.. no success. v2 of the patch has more useful info (about native-messaging), so I installed that and still not happy. After pressing "External Editor" in a tbird reply window, nothing happens. Wait -- hold everything! Exiting tbird and reloading it fixed all problems. :) Thanks for all of the updates. (says the file's original author) Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- ~Randy
