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patchUpdate Thunderbird specific hints.

Subject: [PATCH] Update Thunderbird specific hints.

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A Large Angry SCM· Aug 30, 2005, 02:34 UTC · lore
Setting the wraplength to zero keeps the bird from trimming WS.
Signed-off-by:  <gitzilla@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches |    8 ++------
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Thunderbird
 (A Large Angry SCM)
 
 Here are some hints on how to successfully submit patches inline using
-Thunderbird. [*3*]
+Thunderbird.
 
 This recipe appears to work with the current [*1*] Thunderbird from Suse.
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ patch. [*2*]
 for the patch, use Tools->about:config to set the following to the
 indicated values:
 	mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed	=> false
-	mailnews.wraplength		=> 999
+	mailnews.wraplength		=> 0
 
 4) Open a compose window and click the external editor icon.
 
@@ -284,7 +284,3 @@ settings but I haven't tried, yet.
 	mail.identity.default.compose_html	=> false
 	mail.identity.id?.compose_html		=> false
 
-*3* Even after following these hints, Thunderbird will still trim
-trailing whitespace from each line. I currently have no work around for
-for this issue.
-

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