78447 - Plaintext quotes are displayed improperly at all times

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 76359

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, defect)

Description

[Skewer]

Procedure: Modify this line in mailnews.js:

pref("mail.quoted_graphical", false);

Set it to false, as it is shown here.

Expected: No more ugly blue bars or arbitrary linefeeds inserted into plain text
messages! Instead, the message is viewed as it is, with normal > brackets.

Actual: The > brackets are shown, but the blue lines are still drawn in. Extra
linefeeds are still added to the message.

Proposal: When HTML quoting is disabled in this preference (which I expect to
see in the UI later on...), HTML quotes should not appear in plain text
messages, nor should extra linefeeds.

Comment 1

[Skewer]

Testing info: Build 20010430 Win98.

Comment 2

[Skewer]

Marking nsCatFood, qawanted. Somebody please confirm/accept this bug.

Comment 3

[Skewer]

Suggesting for moz0.9.1 and nsbeta1. Quoting behavior is still extremely
glitchy, and the blue bars still can't be turned off.

Comment 4

[Håkan Waara]

Skewer: keywords doesn't fix this bug quicker. mozilla0.9.1 is too late, the
trunk opens for mozilla0.9.2 later today.

Comment 5

[Skewer]

Now changing those prefs does nothing (even if their values are false HTML
quoting is used). It's getting worse, not better.

Comment 6

[Skewer]

Updating title to narrow scope...

Comment 7

[Håkan Waara]

FYI: You never use mailnews.js to _set_ prefs, that is what prefs.js is for.
mailnews.js is merely the default new mailnews prefs for new profiles.

Comment 8

[Skewer]

Actually, this one doesn't seem to store itself in prefs.js, but adding the
lines with "false" as the value into this file behaves like the original
problem, both the lines and the arrows are displayed. This needs to work before
a user pref can be added.

Comment 9

[Skewer]

-> New

Comment 10

[Skewer]

New problem... In 2001061304, I get the bars and arrows even if HTML quoting is
turned on! This is getting worse, not better.

Comment 11

[scottputterman]

moving to future milestone.

Comment 12

[Eric Vaandering (no email)]

Is there a bug for the bars and arrows?

Comment 13

[Skewer]

I think you're looking at it.

Renominating for nsbeta1. Please carefully reconsider the implications of
letting a public release contain this bug. Bars AND arrows are both being
displayed at all times (regardless of the setting in prefs.js). If a public
release contained this bug we'd be making Outlook disciples left and right. If
we ever go back to the old behavior where you have to change the prefs.js
setting to get this behavior, I won't question the nsbeta1- keyword, but
currently it's a big mistake.

Comment 14

[Skewer]

Updating summary.

Comment 15

[Skewer]

Well, we flunked that one.
mozilla0.9.1 -> mozilla0.9.2

Comment 16

[Skewer]

*** Bug 81880 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 17

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Compare bug 76359.

With which themes do you see the bug? classic? modern? Please check both.

Comment 18

[Skewer]

BB: Good catch. I tested the Classic theme and quotes were displayed correctly,
both with and without the quoted_graphical pref. Only the modern theme displays
the extra linebreaks and the wrong kind of quotes. I guess the best fix is to
display quotes the same way in both themes until we can spot the source of the
problem.

Comment 19

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

Changing "HTML" to "Plaintext" in SUMMARY, because you're talking about
plaintext in the initial description. Also, pref("mail.quoted_graphical"
 applies to normal (non-flowed) plaintext only.

I believe that this is a dup of bug 76359. Marking as such. Please verify when
(and not before) that bug is fixed, and reopen if necessary.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 76359 ***

Comment 20

[fenella]

Mark it verified/dup.

Comment 21

[Daniel Wang]

*** Bug 86452 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***