[dev] Re: [cvs] commit: imp mailbox.php

Jan Schneider jan at horde.org
Mon Sep 22 08:58:09 PDT 2003


Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
> | Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at bigworm.colorado.edu>:
> |
> | > slusarz     2003/09/22 08:33:04 PDT
> | >
> | >   Modified files:
> | >     .                    mailbox.php
> | >   Log:
> | >   Fix newline/space handling in tooltip previews.
> |
> | I think this "fix" is wrong. The newlines are already handled in the
> | if-clause before and reducing spaces to at most one was intended.
>
> Except this horribly screwed up certain e-mails; namely, ALL emails from
> cvs at lists for example.  It was being displayed as one line in the tooltip
> with no linebreaks.  The new check fixes this.

You know that there is a user preference for stripping newlines? :-)

> Additionally, I personally think that spacing should be maintained.  An
> e-mail that starts like:
>
> Column1     Column2
> -------------------
> FOO1        FOO2
> FOOFOO      FOO FOO  FOOO
> FOO  3      FOOO
>
> Should be displayed in the preview exactly like this, not like:
>
> Column1 Column2
> -------------------
> FOO1 FOO2
> FOOFOO FOO FOO FOOO
> FOO 3 FOOO
>
> Removal of the spacing destroys much of the information contained in the
> message, IMHO.

Agreed. Though this should only happen then if newlines are enabled.

Jan.

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