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Message-Id: <20081105131429.536748d2.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:14:29 -0800
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To: "Andrew Victor" <avictor.za@...il.com>
Cc: wim@...ana.be, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SAM9 watchdog - supported on all SAM9 and CAP9
processors
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:58:45 +0200
"Andrew Victor" <avictor.za@...il.com> wrote:
> > sylpheed mucks that up. text/plain attachments would be preferred,
> > please. Inlined non-wordwrapped, non-tab-replaced, non-space-stuffed
> > text would of course be even better.
>
> Unfortunately, gmail seems to mess up (ie, corrupt the whitespace of)
> the inlined patches.
trust me, I noticed ;)
I have this queued:
From: Tim Hockin <thockin@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---
Documentation/email-clients.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/email-clients.txt~documentation-email-clientstxt-add-some-info-about-gmail Documentation/email-clients.txt
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt~documentation-email-clientstxt-add-some-info-about-gmail
+++ a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -213,4 +213,29 @@ TkRat (GUI)
Works. Use "Insert file..." or external editor.
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+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.
+
+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!
+
+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.
+
+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.
+
###
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