Re: [PATCH] Documentation: email-clients.txt

[Sanidhya Solanki]

[PATCH] Documentation: email-clients.txt

The information for Claws Mail, Evolution and Thunderbird was out of
date. It has been updated with new instructions and warnings.

Signed-off-by: Sanidhya Solanki <jpage.lkml@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/email-clients.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
b/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 2d485de..8819c90 100644
--- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt
+++ b/Documentation/email-clients.txt
@@ -79,17 +79,27 @@ to insert into the message.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Claws Mail (GUI)
 
-Works. Some people use this successfully for patches.
+Tested and Works as of December 2015. Some people use this successfully
+for patches.
 
 To insert a patch use Message->Insert File (CTRL+i) or an external
editor. 
 If the inserted patch has to be edited in the Claws composition window
 "Auto wrapping" in Configuration->Preferences->Compose->Wrapping
should be -disabled.
+disabled. Also, under the heading "View", sub-heading "Character
Encoding" +, choose "Unicode (UTF - 8)"
+
+Do remember that if you insert or type something in the main text area,
+and decide to delete it, you will need to reset the formatting by
opening +a new window for the change you want to make. Re-using the
window in which +you deleted the text will lead to the new message
being mangled. 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Evolution (GUI)
 
+As of December 2015, the composing & inserting  method described below
+does not work.
+
 Some people use this successfully for patches.
 
 When composing mail select: Preformat
@@ -244,8 +254,9 @@ Sylpheed (GUI)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Thunderbird (GUI)
 
-Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there
are ways -to coerce it into behaving.
+Thunderbird is an Outlook clone that likes to mangle text, but there
are +ways to coerce it into behaving. In December 2015, the internal
editor +options do not appear to work.
 
 - Allow use of an external editor:
   The easiest thing to do with Thunderbird and patches is to use an
-- 
2.5.0

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