[Bug 259574] conflict resolution box appears a lot

[Thomas Fischer]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259574

Thomas Fischer <fischer at unix-ag.uni-kl.de> changed:

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--- Comment #53 from Thomas Fischer <fischer at unix-ag.uni-kl.de> ---
I can confirm this problem on ArchLinux, using KMail/Kontact that comes along
KDE 4.9.1 (most recent stable as of writing). The ArchLinux installation is
brand new (inside a virtual machine) and has therefore no legacy configuration
files. No fancy mail setup (e.g. using SpamAssassin) has been set up. The IMAP
server is UW-IMAP 2007b~dfsg-4+lenny3, the mailbox contains just about 10
mails.
The conflict resolution box appears when marking several mails as read (KMail
is configured to *not* mark mails as read automatically when clicking on them
in the list, but only when the user performs the "Mark mail as read" action)
and immediately thereafter selecting/clicking on one of those mails in the
list.
My guess is that the status change from Unread to Read is not yet transferred
to the mail server, but the clicking on the mail triggers fetching the mail
from the server. Thus, both versions differ when one is read (the local one)
and the other is unread (the newly fetched one).

As a step towards fixing this bug, I would like to see the difference between
both mails visualized better. A previous comment remarked the different widths
of both emails in the conflict box, which makes it hard to spot the actual
difference. Is using the widget from Kompare or KDiff3 an option? For
developers (and for bug reports), the difference should be provided in a
"diff"-like format.

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