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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Make generated MSVC solution file open from Windows Explorer

From
Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2009, 13:40 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:36, Baz <brian.ewins@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Odd.  If I copy and paste from Thunderbird, its fine.  But if I
>>> save the body out as an attachment from mutt, it fails.
>>>
>>> I wonder if it has to do with the From header appearing in the top
>>> of the body; this header has to be escaped with a leading space in
>>> mbox format.  It looks like Thunderbird might be doing some magic to
>>> remove that leading space from the context lines, while mutt isn't.
>
> FYI: the Thunderbird version included this header:
> Content-Type:  text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> The format=flowed part shows that Thunderbird is reformatting
> whitespace. You can disable that:
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email

Thanks, this was indeed helpful. I was relying on the "Toggle Word Wrap" extension [1] to handle this, but apparently it only changes how the *sender* sees the message, but does not remove "format=flowed" if word wrap is turned off. I've sent an according suggestion to the extension's author.

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2351
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Sebastian Schuberth
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Message 12 of 16 in “Make generated MSVC solution file open from Windows Explorer”
  1. 1/2 Make generated MSVC solution file open from Windows ExplorerSebastian Schuberth, Sep 24, 2009
  2. Shawn O. PearceSep 25, 2009
  3. Alex RiesenSep 25, 2009
  4. Sebastian SchuberthSep 25, 2009
  5. Sebastian SchuberthSep 25, 2009
  6. Shawn O. PearceSep 25, 2009
  7. Sebastian SchuberthSep 25, 2009
  8. Shawn O. PearceSep 26, 2009
  9. Sebastian SchuberthSep 26, 2009
  10. Shawn O. PearceSep 26, 2009
  11. BazSep 28, 2009
  12. Sebastian SchuberthSep 28, 2009
  13. 0/2 MSVC generator fixupsMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 28, 2009
  14. 1/2 Make generated MSVC solution file open from Windows ExplorerMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 28, 2009
  15. 2/2 Make just opening the generated MSVC solution file not modify itMarius Storm-Olsen, Sep 28, 2009
  16. Sebastian SchuberthSep 28, 2009

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