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is it possible to use an external editor (like vi) with Thunderbird 24?

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there are many old links out there that seem to point to the, now obsolete, globs.org page, but I'm not seeing current extensions that work with Thunderbird 24. Have I overlooked them?

there are many old links out there that seem to point to the, now obsolete, globs.org page, but I'm not seeing current extensions that work with Thunderbird 24. Have I overlooked them?

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Matt
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The short answer is no. It is a couple of years since it was acknowledged that significant updates to core would be required for such scheme to work.

see https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla-labs/0MGAJQLtzKc

If you know anyone that could continue the work the source is here https://github.com/protz/Compose