[PATCH] doc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on
From: Johannes Sixt <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-22 18:52:28
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
There are three tips how to compose a non-line-wrapped patch with Thunderbird. The first one suggests use of an add-on. The one referenced has long been superseded by a different one. Update the link to the new one. Mention that additional configuration is required to make the add-on work. Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <redacted> --- Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
index a8b53db9a6..a9cf37182e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.adoc@@ -587,13 +587,19 @@ an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches. Approach #1 (add-on) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from -https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/ -It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu +Install the Toggle Line Wrap add-on that is available from +https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/toggle-line-wrap +It adds a button "Line Wrap" to the composer's toolbar that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do (cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to insert line breaks manually in any text that you type. +As a bonus feature, the add-on can detect patch text in the composer +and warns when line wrapping has not yet been turned off. + +The add-on requires a few tweaks of the advanced configuration +(about:config). These are listed on the download page. + Approach #2 (configuration) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Three steps:
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