Re: [RFC][PATCH] update SubmittingPatches to clarify attachmentpolicy

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2005-05-05 at 15:34 -0600, Steven Cole wrote:
> Paulo Marques wrote:
> > 
> > However if we Copy+Paste the patch into the mail it gets line wrapped / 
> > white space mangled.
> 
> That depends on where you are Copy+Pasting from.  Granted, Copy+Paste from
> a variety of sources is a nightmare.  But, Copy+Paste from Tbird to Tbird
> seems to actually work.
> 
> > 
> > So at least for Thunderbird users it would be better to use attached 
> > patches with "Content-Disposition: inline".
> > 
> 
> Here is a trick you can play with Thunderbird to get inlined patches:
> 
> 1) Mail the patch to yourself as an attachment.
> 2) Read the mail you just got, copy and paste the patch to your new message.
> 
> This method preserves the tabs/whitespace. Of course, you have to set the
> wordwrap settings appropriately. It works for me.

Personally, I don't understand people who can hack the kernel but
complain about bugs in their mail client.

Lee

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