175224 - composer &/or display removes my newlines

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 197130

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[john]

When i create this document for e-mailing:  

---begin---begin---begin---begin---begin---- 

(Seattle is now on "Daylight Savings Time," 
but, on the last Sunday of October (?), 
we change to "Standard Time," so Seattle 
will then be 15 hours behind you.) 

Here is a factor that we have not discussed...

The best current price that i could find is 
for a flight on EVA Airwyas (flights 31 and 39 
to Vietnam, and return by flights 392 and 32 back 
to Seattle). 

It goes like this... 

SEA = Seattle; TPE = Taipai; SGN = HoChiMinh 
S=Sunday; M=Mon; U=Tue; W=Wed; H=Thu; F=Fri; A=Sat

                   Seattle Time 
                  <Taipei  Time>      
       Leave      (Vietnam Time)      Arrive 
==================================================== 
 SEA  2002-11-28.H.0255  ->  2002-11-28.H.1545  TPE 
     <2002-11-28.H.1855> -> <2002-11-29.F.0745> 
     (2002-11-28.H.1755) -> (2002-11-29.F.0645) 
                 elapsed time:1250 

 TPE  2002-11-28.H.1700  ->  2002-11-28.H.2030  SGN     
     <2002-11-29.F.0900> -> <2002-11-29.F.1230> 
     (2002-11-29.F.0800) -> (2002-11-29.F.1130) 
                 elapsed time:0330 
==================================================== 
 SGN  2002-11-30.A.2145  ->  2002-12-01.S.0105  TPE 
     <2002-12-01.S.1345> -> <2002-12-01.S.1705> 
     (2002-12-01.S.1245) -> (2002-12-01.S.1605) 
                 elapsed time:0320 

 TPE  2002-12-01.S.0220  ->  2002-12-01.S.1240  SEA 
     <2002-12-01.S.1820> -> <2002-12-02.M.0420> 
     (2002-12-01.S.1720) -> (2002-12-02.M.0320) 
                 elapsed time:1020 
====================================================
(...i hope that's right...i did the figuring.) 

So, the question is:  Will you be able to get time 
off from work and from school to be able to meet me 
in HCMC at 1230 Fri 29 Nov/HCMC Time ??  

And will it work out alright for you to leave 
from HCMC at something like 1500 Sun 1 Dec and 
go back to to Quy Nhon ??  Will you get back in 
time to be able to meet the appointments that 
you have on Monday ?? 

And, from the looks of the above, it seems that 
i would have 49 hours in Vietnam to meet you. 

john

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and then mail it with a Bcc:myself, when i open 
what i get back, i get this:  

---begin---begin---begin---begin---begin---- 

(Seattle is now on "Daylight Savings Time," but, on the last Sunday of October
(?), we change to "Standard Time," so Seattle will then be 15 hours behind you.) 
Here is a factor that we have not discussed...
The best current price that i could find is for a flight on EVA Airwyas (flights
31 and 39 to Vietnam, and return by flights 392 and 32 back to Seattle). 
It goes like this
SEA = Seattle; TPE = Taipai; SGN = HoChiMinh S=Sunday; M=Mon; U=Tue; W=Wed;
H=Thu; F=Fri; A=Sat
                 Seattle Time                 <Taipei  Time>      Leave     
(Vietnam Time)      Arrive ====================================================
SEA  2002-11-28.H.0255  ->  2002-11-28.H.1545  TPE     <2002-11-28.H.1855> ->
<2002-11-29.F.0745>     (2002-11-28.H.1755) -> (2002-11-29.F.0645)             
 elapsed time:1250
TPE  2002-11-28.H.1700  ->  2002-11-28.H.2030  SGN     <2002-11-29.F.0900> ->
<2002-11-29.F.1230>     (2002-11-29.F.0800) -> (2002-11-29.F.1130)             
 elapsed time:0330 ==================================================== SGN 
2002-11-30.A.2145  ->  2002-12-01.S.0105  TPE     <2002-12-01.S.1345> ->
<2002-12-01.S.1705>     (2002-12-01.S.1245) -> (2002-12-01.S.1605)             
 elapsed time:0320
TPE  2002-12-01.S.0220  ->  2002-12-01.S.1240  SEA     <2002-12-01.S.1820> ->
<2002-12-02.M.0420>     (2002-12-01.S.1720) -> (2002-12-02.M.0320)             
 elapsed time:1020 ====================================================
(...i hope that's right...i did the figuring.) 
So, the question is:  Will you be able to get time off from work and from school
to be able to meet me in HCMC at 1230 Fri 29 Nov/HCMC Time ??  And will it work
out alright for you to leave from HCMC at something like 1500 Sun 1 Dec and go
back to to Quy Nhon ??  Will you get back in time to be able to meet the
appointments that you have on Monday ?? 
And, from the looks of the above, it seems that i would have 49 hours in Vietnam
to meet you. 
john

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and then when i do a "Reply To All", my page 
starts out with this:  

---begin---begin---begin---begin---begin----

John H West wrote:
> 
> (Seattle is now on "Daylight Savings Time," but, on the last Sunday of 
> October (?), we change to "Standard Time," so Seattle will then be 15 
> hours behind you.) 
> Here is a factor that we have not discussed...
> The best current price that i could find is for a flight on EVA Airwyas 
> (flights 31 and 39 to Vietnam, and return by flights 392 and 32 back to 
> Seattle). 
> It goes like this
> SEA = Seattle; TPE = Taipai; SGN = HoChiMinh S=Sunday; M=Mon; U=Tue; 
> W=Wed; H=Thu; F=Fri; A=Sat
>                  Seattle Time                 <Taipei  Time>      
> Leave      (Vietnam Time)      Arrive 
> ==================================================== SEA  
> 2002-11-28.H.0255  ->  2002-11-28.H.1545  TPE     <2002-11-28.H.1855> -> 
> <2002-11-29.F.0745>     (2002-11-28.H.1755) -> (2002-11-29.F.0645) 
>               elapsed time:1250
> TPE  2002-11-28.H.1700  ->  2002-11-28.H.2030  SGN     
> <2002-11-29.F.0900> -> <2002-11-29.F.1230>     (2002-11-29.F.0800) -> 
> (2002-11-29.F.1130)               elapsed time:0330 
> ==================================================== SGN  
> 2002-11-30.A.2145  ->  2002-12-01.S.0105  TPE     <2002-12-01.S.1345> -> 
> <2002-12-01.S.1705>     (2002-12-01.S.1245) -> (2002-12-01.S.1605) 
>               elapsed time:0320
> TPE  2002-12-01.S.0220  ->  2002-12-01.S.1240  SEA     
> <2002-12-01.S.1820> -> <2002-12-02.M.0420>     (2002-12-01.S.1720) -> 
> (2002-12-02.M.0320)               elapsed time:1020 
> ====================================================
> (...i hope that's right...i did the figuring.) 
> So, the question is:  Will you be able to get time off from work and 
> from school to be able to meet me in HCMC at 1230 Fri 29 Nov/HCMC Time 
> ??  And will it work out alright for you to leave from HCMC at something 
> like 1500 Sun 1 Dec and go back to to Quy Nhon ??  Will you get back in 
> time to be able to meet the appointments that you have on Monday ?? 
> And, from the looks of the above, it seems that i would have 49 hours in 
> Vietnam to meet you. 
> john
> 
> 
> 
 
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And, that is not to mention all the extra newlines 
that are being inserted while doing insertions 
into the blue-text (quoted text) of the "Reply"  

Thanx for all the work that you've done.  

john

Comment 1

[Patrik]

It looks like the viewer doesn't like trailing white spaces.
If I write a mail with the content:
--begin--
test 
test
--end--
with a blank after the first test(!), then it will display like this:
--begin..
test test
--end--

I can reproduce this 100% with my Mozilla Mail.

Greetings,
Patrik

Comment 2

[Mike Cowperthwaite]

The reflow you are seeing is the result of the format=flowed spec.  The message 
was composed and transmitted as f=f, and Mozilla handles f=f by default to 
reflow the message text.  You can turn it off: set the preference
  mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support
to True.
See bug 168420 for an overview of format=flowed, including a FAQ.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 197130 ***