From 23dee9d0fbaa185a043dd35c15ca19646091e8db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Hockin Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:53:33 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 118439 b: refs/heads/master c: 1b6bcdbe7eaacde19b5d633b33c8d056e4818de0 h: refs/heads/master i: 118437: 6f867cf4c801c327169daf6277191fe557c9d91a 118435: 1820dda3acf531d7bd99d3d11aabaf3aedc5fedf 118431: 5bd77fc4a4c309997d769eebc0551289b814b0da v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/email-clients.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index f7edb1d9a8c0..f586e8233c55 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 24eb089950ce44603b30a3145a2c8520e2b55bb1 +refs/heads/master: 1b6bcdbe7eaacde19b5d633b33c8d056e4818de0 diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/email-clients.txt b/trunk/Documentation/email-clients.txt index 2ebb94d6ed8e..a618efab7b15 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/email-clients.txt +++ b/trunk/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. + ###