1356290 - The new console doesn't properly handle new lines in strings

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1353038

(DevTools :: Console, defect)

Description

[Julien Wajsberg [:julienw]]

Attachment: testcase-error.html

STR:
1. Open the attached file.
2. Open the console.
3. Run "func1().stack"

=> Notice all newlines are displayed with "\n" instead of a physical new line.

Same happens if you manually enter a string like "hello\nworld" or `hello<new line>world` (enter a physical new line for the last one).

This is especially painful when dealing with errors, as the example shows, because the stack property usually contains new lines.

This happens with the new console in latest nightly.

All these cases work fine with the old console, so I'll mark this as a regression.

Comment 1

[Marco Mucci [:MarcoM]]

Hi Brian, do you want this bug set an MVP or Reserve?

Comment 2

[Brian Grinstead [:bgrins]]

(In reply to Marco Mucci [:MarcoM] from comment #1)
> Hi Brian, do you want this bug set an MVP or Reserve?

MVP

Comment 3

[Tom Tromey :tromey]

This is a dup of a bug I'm working on.

Comment 4

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

No need to track this based on the dupe status.