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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:27:21 -0600 From: Rob Landley <rlandley@...allels.com> To: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com> CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH] update Thunderbird docs with wordwrap plugin. On 01/10/2011 11:15 AM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:35:33 -0600 Rob Landley wrote: > >> On 01/06/2011 05:41 PM, Andrew Morton wrote: >>> Probably a worthwhile thing to do, IMO. If there's some >>> net-specific CONFIG_DEBUG_ setting then that wold be a better >>> thing to use. >>> >>> However the patch was a) wordwrapped, b) space-stuffed and c) >>> not cc'ed to the networking list. So its prospects are dim. >> >> Ok, either I've beaten thunderbird into submission, or I'll be >> submitting a patch to Documentation/email-clients.txt. (Whether >> or not I need to find a different smtp server to send this through >> remains an open question.) > > > Hi Rob, The patch applies cleanly. Yay! > However, if you have any additions/updates to > Documentation/email-clients.txt, please send them along. > > and please do hard CR/LF every 70-72 characters or so, instead of > very_long_lines. [Long rant about baked-in stupidity in Thunderbird mercifully deleted.] I dug up a wordwrap extension and installed it, giving me an "options->enable wordwrap" control. I had to undo one of the steps in email-clients.txt to get it to work, and rewrote email-clients.txt accordingly: From: Rob Landley <rlandley@...allels.com> Show how to install the "toggle wordwrap" extension in thunderbird. Signed-off-by: Rob Landley <rlandley@...allels.com> --- Documentation/email-clients.txt | 43 ++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 945ff3f..714b8ca 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -179,26 +179,8 @@ 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. +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: The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an @@ -208,6 +190,27 @@ coerce it into being nice. View->Toolbars->Customize... and finally just click on it when in the Compose dialog. +To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this: + +- Under account settings, composition and addressing, uncheck "Compose + messages in HTML format". + +- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed. + Go to "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the + thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to + "false". + +- Enable "preformat" mode: Shft-click on the Write icon to bring up the HTML + composer, select "Preformat" from the drop-down box just under the subject + line, then close the message without saving. (This setting also applies to + the text composer, but the only control for it is in the HTML composer.) + +- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension. Download the file from: + https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/ + Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen, + and browse to where you saved the .xul file. This adds an "Enable + Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer. + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TkRat (GUI) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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