From: Sanidhya Solanki <jpage.lkml@gmail.com>
To: corbet@lwn.net
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: email-clients.txt
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 01:09:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20151206010939.13c6a32f@gmail.com> (raw)
Patch included below. As an aside, thank you for the excellent work on
the books and other documentation.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Documentation: email-clients.txt
The information for Claws Mail, Evolution and Thunderbird was out of
date. It has been updated with new instructions and warnings.
Signed-off-by: Sanidhya Solanki <jpage.lkml@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/email-clients.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 2d485de..8819c90 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -79,17 +79,27 @@ to insert into the message.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Claws Mail (GUI)
-Works. Some people use this successfully for patches.
+Tested and Works as of December 2015. Some people use this successfully
+for patches.
To insert a patch use Message->Insert File (CTRL+i) or an external
editor.
If the inserted patch has to be edited in the Claws composition window
"Auto wrapping" in Configuration->Preferences->Compose->Wrapping
should be -disabled.
+disabled. Also, under the heading "View", sub-heading "Character
Encoding" +, choose "Unicode (UTF - 8)"
+
+Do remember that if you insert or type something in the main text area,
+and decide to delete it, you will need to reset the formatting by
opening +a new window for the change you want to make. Re-using the
window in which +you deleted the text will lead to the new message
being mangled.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Evolution (GUI)
+As of December 2015, the composing & inserting method described below
+does not work.
+
Some people use this successfully for patches.
When composing mail select: Preformat
@@ -244,8 +254,9 @@ Sylpheed (GUI)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thunderbird (GUI)
-Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there
are ways -to coerce it into behaving.
+Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there
are +ways to coerce it into behaving. In December 2015, the internal
editor +options do not appear to work.
- Allow use of an external editor:
The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an
--
2.5.0
next reply other threads:[~2015-12-06 10:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-06 6:09 Sanidhya Solanki [this message]
2015-12-06 15:30 ` [PATCH] Documentation: email-clients.txt Jonathan Corbet
2015-12-06 18:11 ` Joe Perches
2015-12-06 18:13 ` Jonathan Corbet
2015-12-07 0:10 ` Sanidhya Solanki
2015-12-07 4:13 ` Joe Perches
2015-12-07 5:24 ` Randy Dunlap
2015-12-06 21:35 ` Paul Bolle
2015-12-06 21:40 ` Paul Bolle
2015-12-06 20:52 ` Randy Dunlap
2015-12-07 18:16 ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-12-07 0:01 Sanidhya Solanki
2015-12-07 8:03 ` Clemens Ladisch
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