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 <giedrius.statkevicius@xxxxxxxxx> --- 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 -- 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
