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Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB

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Fix one grammar mistake (Allows->Allow) and add extra information about
the external editor add-on of Thunderbird: the developer must make sure
that their editor doesn't fork (IOW it mustn't return before closing)
thus they should be careful how they configure the addon. Furthermore,
add a tip how to do it with gvim.

Signed-off-by: Giedrius Statkevičius <giedrius.statkevicius@gmail.com>
[jc: some minor wording/formatting tweaks]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Giedrius Statkevičius 2015-03-09 03:53:45 +02:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
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@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Thunderbird (GUI)
Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there are ways
to coerce it into behaving.
- Allows use of an external editor:
- Allow use of an external editor:
The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an
"external editor" extension and then just use your favorite $EDITOR
for reading/merging patches into the body text. To do this, download
@ -219,6 +219,15 @@ to coerce it into behaving.
View->Toolbars->Customize... and finally just click on it when in the
Compose dialog.
Please note that "external editor" requires that your editor must not
fork, or in other words, the editor must not return before closing.
You may have to pass additional flags or change the settings of your
editor. Most notably if you are using gvim then you must pass the -f
option to gvim by putting "/usr/bin/gvim -f" (if the binary is in
/usr/bin) to the text editor field in "external editor" settings. If you
are using some other editor then please read its manual to find out how
to do this.
To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this:
- Edit your Thunderbird config settings so that it won't use format=flowed.