Using an external editor

You can compose the body of your message externally in your favorite text editor application so you can use its specific functionality.

  1. Select Edit ▸ Plugins.

  2. Enable External Editor.

  3. Click the Configuration tab.

    If a plugin is not available under Edit ▸ Plugins, then please ask in a support forum of your distribution. Your distribution might have decided to disable some plugins or to ship plugins in a separate package.

  4. Set the corresponding Command to start the application.

  5. If Automatically launch when a new mail is edited is not set, you need to select File ▸ Compose in External Editor in the mail composer.