Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753492AbbLFKKs (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Dec 2015 05:10:48 -0500 Received: from mail-wm0-f66.google.com ([74.125.82.66]:35999 "EHLO mail-wm0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752328AbbLFKKq (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Dec 2015 05:10:46 -0500 Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 01:09:39 -0500 From: Sanidhya Solanki To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: email-clients.txt Message-ID: <20151206010939.13c6a32f@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.12.0 (GTK+ 2.24.28; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2605 Lines: 68 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Documentation: email-clients.txt The information for Claws Mail, Evolution and Thunderbird was out of date.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 --- 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/