[Bug 209283] New: Kmail HTML composer generates P-tags with zero margins, ignores blank lines, offers no list generation

[Ralph Moenchmeyer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209283

           Summary: Kmail HTML composer generates P-tags with zero
                    margins, ignores blank lines, offers no list
                    generation
           Product: kmail
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: SuSE RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: rm at anracon.de


Version:            (using KDE 4.3.1)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

OS: Opensuse 11.1 64bit 
KDE: KDE 4.3.1 (SUSE rpms)

Today, I tried to use Kmails HTML composer capabilities for the very first time
and I got very disappointed. I normally do not compose or send HTML Mails - but
when I need to do it I would expect a minimum of formatting and some reasonable
HTML code generation.   

The most annoying thing is that all P-tags generated have zero margins.
Furthermore blank lines are totally ignored.

And more: The smart icons for indentation are disabled. The Kmail handbook
talks about several list options. None is present.

The worst is that whilst writing an email you rely on the layout in the
composer - but the receiver of the mail sees something quite different.   

Maybe I have not seen or missed something fundamental in using the HTML
composer - but if not: 

How about integrating something like TinyMCE into Kmail ? 

Or at least offer the user a possibility to set and change some CSS-like
definitions of how a P-tag should look like ? I did not find any hint where I
could edit or change some of the definitions. And as one cannot trust the
layout in the composer - how about offering the possibility of a rendered
preview? 

Of course one could say that I could edit the HTML code befor sending. But as
the P-tags are generated with explicit zero margin definitions in a style
attribute, one would have to edit all the P-tags. Pretty much of a waste of
time..... 

In summary: The HTML-Editor is useless in the present status. A user who must
or wants to write HTML emails is forced to use an external editor.

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