linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] docs: process: email-client: add Thunderbird "Toggle Line Wrap" extension

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Message-ID: <ce4af5ab-5dcf-4b67-b1af-f2288797e342@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:42:21 +0200
From: Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>
To: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Sotir Danailov <sndanailov@...il.com>,
 Giedrius Statkevičius <giedrius.statkevicius@...il.com>,
 Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@...il.com>, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>,
 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: process: email-client: add Thunderbird "Toggle
 Line Wrap" extension

On 26/12/2025 1:46, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> While reading the git-format-patch manpages [1], I discovered the existence
> of the "Toggle Line Wrap" extension for Thunderbird which I found rather
> convenient.
> 
> Looking at the history, the ancestor of this extension was added to the
> documentation in commit e0e34e977a7c ("Documentation/email-clients.txt:
> update Thunderbird docs with wordwrap plugin") but then removed in commit
> f9a0974d3f70 ("Documentation: update thunderbird email client settings").
> 
> Extend the paragraph on Thunderbird's mailnews.wraplength register to
> mention the existence of the "Toggle Line Wrap" extension. The goal is not
> to create a war on what is the best option so make it clear that this is
> just an alternative.
> 
> [1] man git-format-patch -- §Thunderbird
> Link: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_thunderbird
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@...nel.org>

I also use this extension and find it useful, good to have it documented.
Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>

Btw, there are some tricks for when you want to wrap parts of the mail,
and leave other parts unwrapped. Useful when drafting a reply that
contains code snippets.

I don't remember the exact steps, but if you know it then it's good to
have it in here as well :).