Documentation: publicize KMail hints for sending patches inline
These hints are in git's private SubmittingPatches document but a wider audience might be interested. Move them to the "git format-patch" manpage. I'm not sure what gotchas these hints are meant to work around. They might be completely false. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Thunderbird, KMail
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See the MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS section of git-format-patch(1).
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See the MUA-SPECIFIC HINTS section of git-format-patch(1).
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@ -433,24 +433,6 @@ message in raw form before using '|' to run the pipe can work
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KMail
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This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail.
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1) Prepare the patch as a text file.
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2) Click on New Mail.
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3) Go under "Options" in the Composer window and be sure that
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"Word wrap" is not set.
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4) Use Message -> Insert file... and insert the patch.
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5) Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the
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message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
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Gmail
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Gmail
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you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the
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you include patches with Thunderbird in an easy way. To use it, do the
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steps above and then use the script as the external editor.
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steps above and then use the script as the external editor.
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This should help you to submit patches inline using KMail.
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1. Prepare the patch as a text file.
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2. Click on New Mail.
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3. Go under "Options" in the Composer window and be sure that
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"Word wrap" is not set.
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4. Use Message -> Insert file... and insert the patch.
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5. Back in the compose window: add whatever other text you wish to the
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message, complete the addressing and subject fields, and press send.
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EXAMPLES
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EXAMPLES
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