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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2025-09-02 08:21:26 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2025-09-02 08:21:26 -0700
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parentMerge branch 'kh/doc-config-typofix' (diff)
parentdoc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on (diff)
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Merge branch 'js/doc-sending-patch-via-thunderbird'
Doc update. * js/doc-sending-patch-via-thunderbird: doc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on
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@@ -591,13 +591,19 @@ an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches.
Approach #1 (add-on)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from
-https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/
-It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu
+Install the Toggle Line Wrap add-on that is available from
+https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/toggle-line-wrap
+It adds a button "Line Wrap" to the composer's toolbar
that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do
(cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to
insert line breaks manually in any text that you type.
+As a bonus feature, the add-on can detect patch text in the composer
+and warns when line wrapping has not yet been turned off.
+
+The add-on requires a few tweaks of the advanced configuration
+(about:config). These are listed on the download page.
+
Approach #2 (configuration)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Three steps: