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authorDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2015-04-20 01:32:26 (GMT)
committerDave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>2015-04-20 03:05:20 (GMT)
commit2c33ce009ca2389dbf0535d0672214d09738e35e (patch)
tree6186a6458c3c160385d794a23eaf07c786a9e61b /Documentation/email-clients.txt
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parent09d51602cf84a1264946711dd4ea0dddbac599a1 (diff)
downloadlinux-2c33ce009ca2389dbf0535d0672214d09738e35e.tar.xz
Merge Linus master into drm-next
The merge is clean, but the arm build fails afterwards, due to API changes in the regulator tree. I've included the patch into the merge to fix the build. Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>
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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.