Tickets :: [#6113] Reply-quoted HTML paragraphs have spurious indentation

6.0.0-alpha12

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Summary	Reply-quoted HTML paragraphs have spurious indentation
Queue	IMP
Queue Version	4.1.5
Type	Bug
State	Not A Bug
Priority	2. Medium
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Requester	bax3 (at) bigfoot (dot) com
Created	01/15/2008 (6353 days ago)
Due
Updated	01/15/2008 (6353 days ago)
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Resolved	01/15/2008 (6353 days ago)
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01/15/2008 09:08:50 AM	Jan Schneider	Comment #6	Reply to this comment
Ask on the mailing list.

01/15/2008 08:47:44 AM	bax3 (at) bigfoot (dot) com	Comment #5	Reply to this comment
This is intended. First lines of paragraphs are always indented. Why? Why not? It's a common layout. In which email clients? I cannot recall ever seeing this, at least not as a default. If this is a feature, why are plain text first lines _not_ indented? Because they are probably not paragraphs in the HTML code. HTML code? Please explain. I refer specifically to non-HTML plain text messages. When IMP reply-quotes them it does _not_ indent the first line of each paragraph. Similarly, when IMP reply-quotes HTML mail with a plain-text alternative, it does _not_ indent the first line of each paragraph (see below). In two out of three cases, IMP does prefix extra spaces at the start of quoted paragraphs. Single-part HTML is the exception, and hence the apparent bug. Plain text-only reply-quoting: This paragraph is quoted. HTML with plain text reply-quoting: This paragraph is quoted. HTML-only reply-quoting: This paragraph is quoted. Please note the extra spaces.

01/15/2008 08:36:02 AM	Jan Schneider	Comment #4	Reply to this comment
This is intended. First lines of paragraphs are always indented. Why? Why not? It's a common layout. How can this be disabled? It can't If this is a feature, why are plain text first lines _not_ indented? Because they are probably not paragraphs in the HTML code.

01/15/2008 08:32:08 AM	bax3 (at) bigfoot (dot) com	Comment #3	Reply to this comment
This is intended. First lines of paragraphs are always indented. Why? How can this be disabled? If this is a feature, why are plain text first lines _not_ indented?

01/15/2008 08:25:13 AM	Jan Schneider	Comment #2 State ⇒ Not A Bug	Reply to this comment
This is intended. First lines of paragraphs are always indented.

01/15/2008 06:54:42 AM	bax3 (at) bigfoot (dot) com	Comment #1 Priority ⇒ 2. Medium Type ⇒ Bug Summary ⇒ Reply-quoted HTML paragraphs have spurious indentation Queue ⇒ IMP State ⇒ Unconfirmed	Reply to this comment
When an HTML message without a plain text alternative is quoted for reply, two extra spaces are inserted between the chevron and the first word of every proper paragraph ('/<p[^>]*> ?/i' => "\n\n "). This does not occur with <br>-style linebreaks. It happens with both HTML and plain-text replies. This is inconsistent with the formatting of plain text and causes an odd-looking first-line-only indent.