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Doc update.

* js/doc-sending-patch-via-thunderbird:
  doc/format-patch: adjust Thunderbird MUA hint to new add-on
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Junio C Hamano
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@@ -591,13 +591,19 @@ an external editor to keep Thunderbird from mangling the patches.
Approach #1 (add-on)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Install the Toggle Word Wrap add-on that is available from
https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/toggle-word-wrap/
It adds a menu entry "Enable Word Wrap" in the composer's "Options" menu
Install the Toggle Line Wrap add-on that is available from
https://addons.thunderbird.net/thunderbird/addon/toggle-line-wrap
It adds a button "Line Wrap" to the composer's toolbar
that you can tick off. Now you can compose the message as you otherwise do
(cut + paste, 'git format-patch' | 'git imap-send', etc), but you have to
insert line breaks manually in any text that you type.
As a bonus feature, the add-on can detect patch text in the composer
and warns when line wrapping has not yet been turned off.
The add-on requires a few tweaks of the advanced configuration
(about:config). These are listed on the download page.
Approach #2 (configuration)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Three steps: