# [PATCH] Update Thunderbird specific hints.

1 messages from 2005-08-30 to 2005-08-30. Participants: A Large Angry SCM.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1697

## A Large Angry SCM, 2005-08-30 02:34

Subject: [PATCH] Update Thunderbird specific hints.
Message-ID: <4313C59F.9030009@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4313C59F.9030009%40gmail.com

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Setting the wraplength to zero keeps the bird from trimming WS.

Signed-off-by:  <gitzilla@gmail.com>


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 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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