Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: process: Update email client instructions for Thunderbird

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Jul 15 2022 - 14:55:16 EST




On 7/15/22 01:11, Sotir Danailov wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time!
> I didn't expect the original author to participate. :D
> I probably should've sent a cc to you and others as well, sorry about that!
> Didn't do my research good enough I guess.
>
> On Fri 15 07 2022 01:18, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>
>> Does thunderbird v91.11.0 qualify as newer or older?
>>
>> I tried to use the external-editor-revived yesterday with v1 of the patch..
>> no success.
>
> Do you think that the whole section about the
> old "External Editor" extension should be removed?

No, I don't. It's useful IMO.

>> v2 of the patch has more useful info (about native-messaging), so I installed
>> that and still not happy.
>> After pressing "External Editor" in a tbird reply window, nothing happens.
>>
>> Wait -- hold everything! Exiting tbird and reloading it
>> fixed all problems. :)
>
> I probably should add in the document that the user should
> restart Thunderbird after all modifications, just to be sure.

Please.

Thanks.

--
~Randy