255785 - unable to insert smiley (emoticon) in html mail compose

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 249682

(MailNews Core :: Composition, defect)

Description

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

found using 2004081608-trunk (1.8a3 seamonkey) bits on linux fedora core 2. I'm
unable to insert a smiley (emoticon) in a mail message when using html mail compose.

1. start mail, open an html mail compose window.
2. [optional] enter some text.
3. insert a smiley from the Smiley dropmenu on the mail compose format toolbar.

expected: a smiley is inserted at the caret location in the mail composition pane.

actual results: no smiley inserted at all (not even a text one). see this in the
JS console:

Error: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsICommandParams.getCStringValue]"  nsresult: "0x80004005
(NS_ERROR_FAILURE)"  location: "JS frame ::
chrome://editor/content/ComposerCommands.js :: anonymous :: line 3050"  data: no]
Source File: chrome://editor/content/ComposerCommands.js
Line: 3050

also, when I send then receive this html composed mail, the smiley doesn't
appear in that received email either.

Comment 1

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

/me waves at se...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 249682 ***

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

hey stephend! I didn't find the other bug with previous searches, so thanks for
catching this.

*zap*