Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] update SubmittingPatches to clarify attachment policy | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Thu, 05 May 2005 21:31:30 -0400 |
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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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