Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 5 Nov 2008 13:14:29 -0800 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] SAM9 watchdog - supported on all SAM9 and CAP9 processors |
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2008 22:58:45 +0200 "Andrew Victor" <avictor.za@gmail.com> wrote:
> > sylpheed mucks that up. text/plain attachments would be preferred, > > please. Inlined non-wordwrapped, non-tab-replaced, non-space-stuffed > > text would of course be even better. > > Unfortunately, gmail seems to mess up (ie, corrupt the whitespace of) > the inlined patches.
trust me, I noticed ;)
I have this queued:
From: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Tim Hockin <thockin@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> ---
Documentation/email-clients.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/email-clients.txt~documentation-email-clientstxt-add-some-info-about-gmail Documentation/email-clients.txt --- a/Documentation/email-clients.txt~documentation-email-clientstxt-add-some-info-about-gmail +++ a/Documentation/email-clients.txt @@ -213,4 +213,29 @@ TkRat (GUI) Works. Use "Insert file..." or external editor. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Gmail (Web GUI) + +If you just have to use Gmail to send patches, it CAN be made to work. It +requires a bit of external help, though. + +The first problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces. This will +totally break your patches. To prevent this, you have to use a different +editor. There is a firefox extension called "ViewSourceWith" +(https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/394) which allows you to +edit any text box in the editor of your choice. Configure it to launch +your favorite editor. When you want to send a patch, use this technique. +Once you have crafted your messsage + patch, save and exit the editor, +which should reload the Gmail edit box. GMAIL WILL PRESERVE THE TABS. +Hoorah. Apparently you can cut-n-paste literal tabs, but Gmail will +convert those to spaces upon sending! + +The second problem is that Gmail converts tabs to spaces on replies. If +you reply to a patch, don't expect to be able to apply it as a patch. + +The last problem is that Gmail will base64-encode any message that has a +non-ASCII character. That includes things like European names. Be aware. + +Gmail is not convenient for lkml patches, but CAN be made to work. + ### _
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