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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.