On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:26:14 +1000 (E. Australia Standard Time) Mark Livingstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://mahogany.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/show_bug.cgi?id=47 [This is related to the composer] Mark, the composer has many problems and should be almost completely rewritten, said Vadim several times. It is in a so bad shape that neither Vadim nor I use it: we always use an external editor, and I guess we're not alone. And of course, as we do not eat our own dog food, this does not get fixed. Note: this is probably the most important thing to do after correcting the crashing bugs, because this problem alone may drive almost any user out of using Mahogany... IMHO, you should create a bug report for 'rewrite the composer', and link all composer-related bugs as dependent on this new one (if it does not already exist). > What is the status of linewrapping getting fixed? This bug is not fixed. > Are we waiting for wxwindows or anything else? I'd say we are waiting for the re-write of the composer. The bug report contains the following comment: > Suggestion: Do not wrap while editing! When composing a new message, > it should be written normally over the whole line, unregarding how > long this line is. > > When hitting "Send", Mahogany should now (and not before!) start to > wrap the lines if necessary. Additionally it might come handy to leave > lines starting with ">" untouched. I very strongly object to this suggestion (of wraping after the user leaves the composer). The text of the message should *never* be changed outside the composer! It breaks cryptographic stuff, breaks the formatting the user may have explicitely chosen, and more generally removes control from the user. If I find some time, I will try to send a mail with some suggestions for the composer. -- Xavier Nodet "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759.
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