While reading the git-format-patch manpages [1], I discovered the existence
of the "Toggle Line Wrap" extension for Thunderbird which I found rather
convenient.
Looking at the history, the ancestor of this extension was added to the
documentation in commit e0e34e977a7c ("Documentation/email-clients.txt:
update Thunderbird docs with wordwrap plugin") but then removed in commit
f9a0974d3f70 ("Documentation: update thunderbird email client settings").
Extend the paragraph on Thunderbird's mailnews.wraplength register to
mention the existence of the "Toggle Line Wrap" extension. The goal is not
to create a war on what is the best option so make it clear that this is
just an alternative.
[1] man git-format-patch -- §Thunderbird
Link: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_thunderbird
Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Use the international URL (remove "fr/")
Link to v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251225-docs_thunderbird-toggle-line-wrap-v1-1-24794afa4...@kernel.org
---
Documentation/process/email-clients.rst | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
index 84a2450bb6ec..b5377630a648 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/email-clients.rst
@@ -324,7 +324,14 @@ To beat some sense out of the internal editor, do this:
- Set ``mailnews.send_plaintext_flowed`` to ``false``
- - Set ``mailnews.wraplength`` from ``72`` to ``0``
+ - Set ``mailnews.wraplength`` from ``72`` to ``0`` **or** install the
+ "Toggle Line Wrap" extension
+
+ https://github.com/jan-kiszka/togglelinewrap
+
+ https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/toggle-line-wrap
+
+ to control this registry on the fly.
- Don't write HTML messages! Go to the main window
:menuselection:`Main Menu-->Account
Settings-->[email protected]>Composition & Addressing`!
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base-commit: 9448598b22c50c8a5bb77a9103e2d49f134c9578
change-id: 20251225-docs_thunderbird-toggle-line-wrap-dbe39bcb650b
Best regards,
--
Vincent Mailhol <[email protected]>
