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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
	Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>,
	Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>,
	git list <git@vger.kernel.org>, Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>,
	Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/5 v2] Documentation/format-patch: suggest Toggle Word Wrap add-on for Thunderbird
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:31:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DABDAB4.3000607@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vtydzcse4.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>

Of the (now) three methods to send unmangled patches using Thunderbird,
this method is listed first because it provides a single-click on-demand
option rather than a permanent change of configuration like the other
two methods.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
Am 4/15/2011 19:54, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Care to reword "superior" in a less subjective way

Sure.

Differences to v1: More precise description where the new Option is found.

-- Hannes

 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt |   18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 8887375..a979b2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -343,11 +343,21 @@ By default, Thunderbird will both wrap emails as well as flag
 them as being 'format=flowed', both of which will make the
 resulting email unusable by git.
 
-There are two different approaches.  One approach is to configure
-Thunderbird to not mangle patches.  The second approach is to use
+There are three different approaches: use an add-on to turn off line wraps,
+configure Thunderbird to not mangle patches, or use
 an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches.
 
-Approach #1 (configuration)
+Approach #1 (add-on)
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from
+https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/
+It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu
+that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do
+(cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to
+insert line breaks manually in any text that you type.
+
+Approach #2 (configuration)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 Three steps:
 
@@ -374,7 +384,7 @@ After that is done, you should be able to compose email as you
 otherwise would (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc),
 and the patches will not be mangled.
 
-Approach #2 (external editor)
+Approach #3 (external editor)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 The following Thunderbird extensions are needed:
-- 
1.7.5.rc1.1127.g94456

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-04-18  6:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-13 15:39 [PATCH] remove doubled words, e.g., s/to to/to/, and fix related typos Jim Meyering
2011-04-13 18:35 ` Drew Northup
2011-04-13 21:22   ` Jim Meyering
2011-04-13 22:17     ` [PATCH/RFC] Documentation/format-patch: summarize patch-sending workflow Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-13 22:38       ` Junio C Hamano
2011-04-14 21:11         ` [PATCH v2] Documentation: summarize how format-patch output is consumed Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-14 22:05           ` Junio C Hamano
2011-04-15  2:11             ` [PATCH/RFC v3 0/5] Documentation/format-patch: more hints on submitting patches Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-15  2:22               ` [PATCH 1/5] Documentation: describe the format of messages with inline patches Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-15 20:11                 ` Drew Northup
2011-04-15 20:24                   ` Junio C Hamano
2011-04-15  2:24               ` [PATCH 2/5] Documentation: explain how to check for patch corruption Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-15  4:53                 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-04-15  6:17                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-15  2:28               ` [PATCH 3/5] Documentation: hints for sending patches inline with Thunderbird Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-15  2:32               ` [PATCH 4/5] Documentation: publicize KMail hints for sending patches inline Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-17 13:57                 ` Michele Ballabio
2011-04-15  2:33               ` [PATCH 5/5] Documentation: publicize hints for sending patches with GMail Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-15  7:41               ` [PATCH/RFC 6/5] Documentation/format-patch: suggest Toggle Word Wrap add-on for Thunderbird Johannes Sixt
2011-04-15 17:54                 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-04-15 18:01                   ` Michael J Gruber
2011-04-15 18:49                     ` Junio C Hamano
2011-04-15 20:17                     ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-04-18  6:31                   ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2011-04-13 22:26     ` [PATCH] remove doubled words, e.g., s/to to/to/, and fix related typos Jakub Narebski
2011-04-13 18:47 ` Junio C Hamano

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