Documentation/email-clients.txt: Fix one grammar mistake, add extra info about TB
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>
diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
index eede608..c7d49b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
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 @@
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.