Re: [PATCH/RFC] doc: about email clients for Linux kernel patches

[WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 08:52:14PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
>On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 14:38 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
>> On 9/11/07, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 10:16 -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> >
>> > > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> > > +Evolutions (GUI)
>> >
>> > I take it you mean: Evolution
>> >
>> > > +Some people seem to use this successfully for patches.
>> > > +
>> > > +What config options are needed?
>> >
>> > When composing mail select: Preformat
>> >   from Format->Heading->Preformatted (Ctrl-7)
>> >   or the toolbar
>> >
>> > Then use:
>> >   Insert->Text File... (Alt-n x)
>> >
>> > to insert the patch.
>> 
>> You can also diff -Nru old.c new.c | xclip, select Preformat, then
>> paste with the middle button.
>
>Ah, I shall try:
>
>  cat `quilt top` | xclip
>
>next time I have a single patch to send.
>

Oh, great! Thank you for this hint.

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