[Kde-pim] Re: lead for GSoC proposal on HTML support to KMail

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Saturday 26 March 2011, Torgny Nyblom wrote:
> On Saturday 26 March 2011 15.06.40 you wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Torgny Nyblom <kde at nyblom.org> 
wrote:
> > > On Friday 25 March 2011 20.53.15 Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > > On Friday 25 March 2011, Torgny Nyblom wrote:
> > > > > On Friday 25 March 2011 15.59.40 Thomas McGuire wrote:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > 
> > > > > > The first thing would be making replying/forwarding
> > > > > > preserve the
> > > > > > HTML format, which is actually independent of the GUI
> > > > > > editor.
> > > > > > Right now when replying/forwarding a message, a new message
> > > > > > that
> > > > > > is the reply/forward is created. That new message already
> > > > > > lacks
> > > > > > the HTML part, which is the main problem in the whole
> > > > > > story. So
> > > > > > first KMail needs to be fixed to include a HTML part in
> > > > > > replies/forwards.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Would I be wrong if I say that the culprit is
> > > > > TemplateParser::messageText() as that calls
> > > > > TemplateParser::asPlainTextFromObjectTree()
> > > > 
> > > > You are right in that requesting the plain text is the reason
> > > > for the
> > > > loss of the HTML. But you are wrong in saying that
> > > > TemplateParser::messageText() is to blame for this.
> > > > TemplateParser::messageText() didn't have another choice
> > > > because QTextEdit would have totally corrupted any mildly
> > > > advanced HTML message.
> > > 
> > > Does that mean if we replace the  present QTextEdit, then we need
> > > not request the plain text? So by simply replacing text editor we
> > > can solve both the problem of requesting HTML text as well as
> > > forwrding/replying the messages. Am I right?
> 
> That is what I think, yes. But I guess we still need the option of
> getting the plain text if a plain text reply is requested.

Yes, definitely. Many KMail users wouldn't want to send HTML messages. 
In fact, being able to compose and send plain text messages is the most 
important requirement for a new composer.


Regards,
Ingo
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