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diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst index 16586f6cc888..84a2450bb6ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst @@ -86,7 +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) @@ -94,7 +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 @@ -108,11 +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 @@ -216,7 +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 @@ -277,36 +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) *********** @@ -325,3 +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. |