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

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Message-ID: <87cy3me80j.fsf@trenco.lwn.net>
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:38:52 -0700
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@...nel.org>
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>, Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: process: email-client: add Thunderbird "Toggle
 Line Wrap" extension

Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@...nel.org> writes:

> 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>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>
>   - Use the international URL (remove "fr/")
>
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251225-docs_thunderbird-toggle-line-wrap-v1-1-24794afa4abf@kernel.org
> ---
>  Documentation/process/email-clients.rst | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon