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diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index eede6088f978..c7d49b885559 100644 --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -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. |