linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation/email-clients.txt: clarify Thunderbird section

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Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:57:48 +0000
From:	Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
CC:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/email-clients.txt: clarify Thunderbird section

1) Make it clearer that there are three different methods here,
   by using two different levels of indentation.

2) Reorder the different methods:

  - Disabling word wrap altogether should be the last option.
    It involves manually editing config files, and many Thunderbird
    users will not want to disable word wrap for normal (non-patch)
    messages.

  - "Preformat mode" should be the first option. It's really convenient.
    (Guess how I sent this patch).

Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@...fmail.co.uk>
---
 Documentation/email-clients.txt |   56 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
index a618efa..c899444 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -180,34 +180,40 @@ Sylpheed (GUI)
 Thunderbird (GUI)
 
 By default, thunderbird likes to mangle text, but there are ways to
-coerce it into being nice.
-
-- Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose
-  messages in HTML format".
-
-- Edit your Thunderbird config settings to tell it not to wrap lines:
-      user_pref("mailnews.wraplength", 0);
-
-- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed:
-      user_pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false);
-
-- You need to get Thunderbird into preformat mode:
-. If you compose HTML messages by default, it's not too hard. Just select
-  "Preformat" from the drop-down box just under the subject line.
-. If you compose in text by default, you have to tell it to compose a new
-  message in HTML (just as a one-off), and then force it from there back to
-  text, else it will wrap lines. To do this, use shift-click on the Write
-  icon to compose to get HTML compose mode, then select "Preformat" from
-  the drop-down box just under the subject line.
-
-- Allows 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
+coerce it into being nice.  Try one of the methods below.
+
+- Get Thunderbird into preformat mode:
+
+  - If you compose HTML messages by default, select "Preformat" from the
+    drop-down box just under the subject line.
+
+  - If you compose in text by default, you have to tell it to compose a new
+    message in HTML (just as a one-off), and then force it from there back to
+    text, else it will wrap lines. To do this, use shift-click on the Write
+    icon to compose to get HTML compose mode, then select "Preformat" from
+    the drop-down box just under the subject line.
+
+- Use an external editor:
+
+  You can install an "external editor" extension which will allow you to use
+  your favorite $EDITOR for reading/merging patches into the body text.
+  First 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.
 
+- Disable word wrap completely:
+
+  1. Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose
+     messages in HTML format".
+
+  2. Edit your Thunderbird config settings to tell it not to wrap lines:
+
+             user_pref("mailnews.wraplength", 0);
+
+  3. Edit your Thunderbird config settings so it won't use format=flowed:
+
+             user_pref("mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed", false);
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 TkRat (GUI)
 
-- 
1.6.3.3



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