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diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst index 07faa5457bcb..84a2450bb6ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst @@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ attachments, but then the attachments should have content-type it makes quoting portions of the patch more difficult in the patch review process. +It's also strongly recommended that you use plain text in your email body, +for patches and other emails alike. https://useplaintext.email may be useful +for information on how to configure your preferred email client, as well as +listing recommended email clients should you not already have a preference. + Email clients that are used for Linux kernel patches should send the patch text untouched. For example, they should not modify or delete tabs or spaces, even at the beginning or end of lines. @@ -40,7 +45,7 @@ Emailed patches should be in ASCII or UTF-8 encoding only. If you configure your email client to send emails with UTF-8 encoding, you avoid some possible charset problems. -Email clients should generate and maintain References: or In-Reply-To: +Email clients should generate and maintain "References:" or "In-Reply-To:" headers so that mail threading is not broken. Copy-and-paste (or cut-and-paste) usually does not work for patches @@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ In the :menuselection:`Sending Preferences` section: - :menuselection:`Strip Whitespace Before Sending` must be ``disabled`` When composing the message, the cursor should be placed where the patch -should appear, and then pressing :kbd:`CTRL-R` let you specify the patch file +should appear, and then pressing `CTRL-R` let you specify the patch file to insert into the message. Claws Mail (GUI) @@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ Claws Mail (GUI) Works. Some people use this successfully for patches. -To insert a patch use :menuselection:`Message-->Insert` File (:kbd:`CTRL-I`) +To insert a patch use :menuselection:`Message-->Insert File` (`CTRL-I`) or an external editor. If the inserted patch has to be edited in the Claws composition window @@ -103,11 +108,11 @@ Evolution (GUI) Some people use this successfully for patches. When composing mail select: Preformat - from :menuselection:`Format-->Paragraph Style-->Preformatted` (:kbd:`CTRL-7`) + from :menuselection:`Format-->Paragraph Style-->Preformatted` (`CTRL-7`) or the toolbar Then use: -:menuselection:`Insert-->Text File...` (:kbd:`ALT-N x`) +:menuselection:`Insert-->Text File...` (`ALT-N x`) to insert the patch. You can also ``diff -Nru old.c new.c | xclip``, select @@ -132,8 +137,8 @@ wrapping. At the bottom of your email, put the commonly-used patch delimiter before inserting your patch: three hyphens (``---``). -Then from the :menuselection:`Message` menu item, select insert file and -choose your patch. +Then from the :menuselection:`Message` menu item, select +:menuselection:`insert file` and choose your patch. As an added bonus you can customise the message creation toolbar menu and put the :menuselection:`insert file` icon there. @@ -149,18 +154,16 @@ patches so do not GPG sign them. Signing patches that have been inserted as inlined text will make them tricky to extract from their 7-bit encoding. If you absolutely must send patches as attachments instead of inlining -them as text, right click on the attachment and select properties, and -highlight :menuselection:`Suggest automatic display` to make the attachment +them as text, right click on the attachment and select :menuselection:`properties`, +and highlight :menuselection:`Suggest automatic display` to make the attachment inlined to make it more viewable. When saving patches that are sent as inlined text, select the email that contains the patch from the message list pane, right click and select :menuselection:`save as`. You can use the whole email unmodified as a patch -if it was properly composed. There is no option currently to save the email -when you are actually viewing it in its own window -- there has been a request -filed at kmail's bugzilla and hopefully this will be addressed. Emails are -saved as read-write for user only so you will have to chmod them to make them -group and world readable if you copy them elsewhere. +if it was properly composed. Emails are saved as read-write for user only so +you will have to chmod them to make them group and world readable if you copy +them elsewhere. Lotus Notes (GUI) ***************** @@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ Mutt is highly customizable. Here is a minimum configuration to start using Mutt to send patches through Gmail:: # .muttrc - # ================ IMAP ==================== + # ================ IMAP ==================== set imap_user = 'yourusername@gmail.com' set imap_pass = 'yourpassword' set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX @@ -239,9 +242,9 @@ using Mutt to send patches through Gmail:: The Mutt docs have lots more information: - http://dev.mutt.org/trac/wiki/UseCases/Gmail + https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/wikis/UseCases/Gmail - http://dev.mutt.org/doc/manual.html + http://www.mutt.org/doc/manual/ Pine (TUI) ********** @@ -274,36 +277,61 @@ Thunderbird (GUI) Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways to coerce it into behaving. +After doing the modifications, this includes installing the extensions, +you need to restart Thunderbird. + - Allow 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 - :menuselection:`View-->Toolbars-->Customize...` and finally just click on it - when in the :menuselection:`Compose` dialog. - - Please note that "external editor" requires that your editor must not - fork, or in other words, the editor must not return before closing. - You may have to pass additional flags or change the settings of your - editor. Most notably if you are using gvim then you must pass the -f - option to gvim by putting ``/usr/bin/gvim -f`` (if the binary is in - ``/usr/bin``) to the text editor field in :menuselection:`external editor` - settings. If you are using some other editor then please read its manual - to find out how to do this. + + The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use extensions + which open your favorite external editor. + + Here are some example extensions which are capable of doing this. + + - "External Editor Revived" + + https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived + + https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/external-editor-revived/ + + It requires installing a "native messaging host". + Please read the wiki which can be found here: + https://github.com/Frederick888/external-editor-revived/wiki + + - "External Editor" + + https://github.com/exteditor/exteditor + + To do this, download and install the extension, then open the + :menuselection:`compose` window, add a button for it using + :menuselection:`View-->Toolbars-->Customize...` + then just click on the new button when you wish to use the external editor. + + Please note that "External Editor" requires that your editor must not + fork, or in other words, the editor must not return before closing. + You may have to pass additional flags or change the settings of your + editor. Most notably if you are using gvim then you must pass the -f + option to gvim by putting ``/usr/bin/gvim --nofork"`` (if the binary is in + ``/usr/bin``) to the text editor field in :menuselection:`external editor` + settings. If you are using some other editor then please read its manual + to find out how to do this. To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this: -- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use ``format=flowed``. - Go to :menuselection:`edit-->preferences-->advanced-->config editor` to bring up - the thunderbird's registry editor. +- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use ``format=flowed``! + Go to your main window and find the button for your main dropdown menu. + :menuselection:`Main Menu-->Preferences-->General-->Config Editor...` + to bring up the thunderbird's registry editor. -- Set ``mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed`` to ``false`` + - Set ``mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed`` to ``false`` -- Set ``mailnews.wraplength`` from ``72`` to ``0`` + - Set ``mailnews.wraplength`` from ``72`` to ``0`` -- :menuselection:`View-->Message Body As-->Plain Text` +- Don't write HTML messages! Go to the main window + :menuselection:`Main Menu-->Account Settings-->youracc@server.something-->Composition & Addressing`! + There you can disable the option "Compose messages in HTML format". -- :menuselection:`View-->Character Encoding-->Unicode (UTF-8)` +- Open messages only as plain text! Go to the main window + :menuselection:`Main Menu-->View-->Message Body As-->Plain Text`! TkRat (GUI) *********** @@ -322,3 +350,12 @@ although tab2space problem can be solved with external editor. Another problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. + +HacKerMaiL (TUI) +**************** + +HacKerMaiL (hkml) is a public-inbox based simple mails management tool that +doesn't require subscription of mailing lists. It is developed and maintained +by the DAMON maintainer and aims to support simple development workflows for +DAMON and general kernel subsystems. Refer to the README +(https://github.com/sjp38/hackermail/blob/master/README.md) for details. |