On 26/12/2025 1:46, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> 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]>
I also use this extension and find it useful, good to have it documented.
Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <[email protected]>
Btw, there are some tricks for when you want to wrap parts of the mail,
and leave other parts unwrapped. Useful when drafting a reply that
contains code snippets.
I don't remember the exact steps, but if you know it then it's good to
have it in here as well :).
