[PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings

[PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings

[paulmcquad]

>From 9c385609591c5ed87989a127c95da95aa8845162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:16:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings

Added setting to email-clients that is easier to read
and is easier to setup thunderbird. Removed config settings
and added GUI settings.

Signed-off-by: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/email-clients.txt | 15 +++++----------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
index e9f5dac..1e7c171 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -201,20 +201,15 @@ 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 "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the
-  thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to
-  "false".
+  thunderbird's registry editor.
 
-- Disable HTML Format: Set "mail.identity.id1.compose_html" to "false".
+- Set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to "false"
 
-- Enable "preformat" mode: Set "editor.quotesPreformatted" to "true".
+- Set "mailnews.wraplength" from "72" to "90"
 
-- Enable UTF8: Set "prefs.converted-to-utf8" to "true".
+- "View" > "Message Body As" > "Plain Text"
 
-- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension.  Download the file from:
-    https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/
-  Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen,
-  and browse to where you saved the .xul file.  This adds an "Enable
-  Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer.
+- "View" > "Character Encoding" > "Unicode (UTF-8)"
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 TkRat (GUI)
-- 
1.8.3.2

Re: [PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings

[Randy Dunlap]

On 03/26/2014 11:59 AM, paulmcquad wrote:
> From 9c385609591c5ed87989a127c95da95aa8845162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:16:47 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings
> 
> Added setting to email-clients that is easier to read
> and is easier to setup thunderbird. Removed config settings
> and added GUI settings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/email-clients.txt | 15 +++++----------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
> index e9f5dac..1e7c171 100644
> --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
> @@ -201,20 +201,15 @@ 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 "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the
> -  thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to
> -  "false".
> +  thunderbird's registry editor.
>  
> -- Disable HTML Format: Set "mail.identity.id1.compose_html" to "false".

Did that option go away?  We don't want to compose html email.

> +- Set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to "false"
>  
> -- Enable "preformat" mode: Set "editor.quotesPreformatted" to "true".
> +- Set "mailnews.wraplength" from "72" to "90"

Can wraplength be disabled completely?  It would be better to disable
wrapping.  Long kernel source code lines should not get broken.
(or am I addressing the wrong option?)

>  
> -- Enable UTF8: Set "prefs.converted-to-utf8" to "true".
> +- "View" > "Message Body As" > "Plain Text"
>  
> -- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension.  Download the file from:
> -    https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/
> -  Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen,
> -  and browse to where you saved the .xul file.  This adds an "Enable
> -  Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer.
> +- "View" > "Character Encoding" > "Unicode (UTF-8)"
>  
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  TkRat (GUI)
> 


-- 
~Randy

Re: [PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings

[paulmcquad]

On 26/03/14 20:50, paulmcquad wrote:
> On 26/03/14 20:07, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>> On 03/26/2014 11:59 AM, paulmcquad wrote:
>>> From 9c385609591c5ed87989a127c95da95aa8845162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> From: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
>>> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:16:47 +0000
>>> Subject: [PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings
>>>
>>> Added setting to email-clients that is easier to read
>>> and is easier to setup thunderbird. Removed config settings
>>> and added GUI settings.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/email-clients.txt | 15 +++++----------
>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
>>> index e9f5dac..1e7c171 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
>>> @@ -201,20 +201,15 @@ 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 "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the
>>> -  thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to
>>> -  "false".
>>> +  thunderbird's registry editor.
>>>  
>>> -- Disable HTML Format: Set "mail.identity.id1.compose_html" to "false".
>> Did that option go away?  We don't want to compose html email.
>>
>>> +- Set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to "false"
>>>  
>>> -- Enable "preformat" mode: Set "editor.quotesPreformatted" to "true".
>>> +- Set "mailnews.wraplength" from "72" to "90"
>> Can wraplength be disabled completely?  It would be better to disable
>> wrapping.  Long kernel source code lines should not get broken.
>> (or am I addressing the wrong option?)
>>
>>>  
>>> -- Enable UTF8: Set "prefs.converted-to-utf8" to "true".
>>> +- "View" > "Message Body As" > "Plain Text"
>>>  
>>> -- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension.  Download the file from:
>>> -    https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/
>>> -  Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen,
>>> -  and browse to where you saved the .xul file.  This adds an "Enable
>>> -  Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer.
>>> +- "View" > "Character Encoding" > "Unicode (UTF-8)"
>>>  
>>>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>  TkRat (GUI)
>>>
> From 9c385609591c5ed87989a127c95da95aa8845162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:16:47 +0000
> Subject: [PATCH] Doc: email-clients.txt:added thunderbird settings
>
> Added setting to email-clients that is easier to read
> and is easier to setup thunderbird. Removed config settings
> and added GUI settings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul McQuade <paulmcquad@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/email-clients.txt | 15 +++++----------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
> index e9f5dac..1e7c171 100644
> --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
> @@ -201,20 +201,15 @@ 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 "edit->preferences->advanced->config editor" to bring up the
> -  thunderbird's registry editor, and set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to
> -  "false".
> +  thunderbird's registry editor.
>  
> -- Disable HTML Format: Set "mail.identity.id1.compose_html" to "false".
> +- Set "mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed" to "false"
>  
> -- Enable "preformat" mode: Set "editor.quotesPreformatted" to "true".
> +- Set "mailnews.wraplength" from "72" to "0"
>  
> -- Enable UTF8: Set "prefs.converted-to-utf8" to "true".
> +- "View" > "Message Body As" > "Plain Text"
>  
> -- Install the "toggle wordwrap" extension.  Download the file from:
> -    https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/2351/
> -  Then go to "tools->add ons", select "install" at the bottom of the screen,
> -  and browse to where you saved the .xul file.  This adds an "Enable
> -  Wordwrap" entry under the Options menu of the message composer.
> +- "View" > "Character Encoding" > "Unicode (UTF-8)"
>  
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>  TkRat (GUI)