GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 340267
Tabulator spaces are not shown in preview of tasks
Last modified: 2013-09-13 00:49:47 UTC
That bug has been opened on https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+bug/41050 "Tabulator spaces which are used in task descriptions (e.g. for structuring reasons) are not shown in the preview field (usually below the list of tasks) of the full task list view. ... > Thanks for your bug. What version of Ubuntu do you use? Could you make a screenshot or attach an example of the issue? Is that an html or a text email? ... http://librarian.launchpad.net/2354807/task_edit_window.png As you can see here, the edit window correctly shows tabulator spaces in the edit box. http://librarian.launchpad.net/2354810/task_list_with_preview.png As you can see here the preview box (bottom, right box) does not show the tabulator spaces. They are simply ignored (second line) or replaced by normal spaces (line with letters). This screenshots are taken from today's evolution version shipped with Ubuntu Dapper Beta."
confirming.
Created attachment 98369 [details] [review] proposed evo patch for evolution; This patch shows description of task/memo as preformatted text, so tabulators are kept instead of treated as white spaces. But please consider if it worth such change, because: a) it changes font for description b) size of tabulator is other in editor and in preview (even this should be fixed when same widget - GtkHtml - will be used for editing and preview) c) by HTML standard, tabulators are treated as ordinary white space, which is good and should be like that, it works in same way in plain-text mails, tabulators are forgotten/not shown in preview of message. Maybe there are other disadvantages, maybe also more disadvantages than advantages. Just think about that.
Chen, can you review this?
I dont see any other way to do it in gtkhtml. Ignoring the tabulator spaces is not good for especially for tasks. Please commit the patch.
Committed to trunk. Committed revision 34693.