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Bug 608318 - Does not really convert tables to real plain text
Does not really convert tables to real plain text
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: GtkHtml
Classification: Other
Component: Editing
3.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkhtml-maintainers
gtkhtml-maintainers
gnome[unmaintained]
: 640849 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-01-28 09:07 UTC by freggy1
Modified: 2017-02-09 13:38 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description freggy1 2010-01-28 09:07:18 UTC 
When I receive a HTML mail with a table in Evolution and reply in plain text to it, there is no way to "interrupt/break" the table and put inline plain text commentary. I can only type within a cell of the table, but I cannot put a piece of text under a complete row (an insert row option is lacking too, but that's another, related problem).

When replying in plain text, it would be much easier if the table was really converted to a plain text table with spaces separating the columns, so that any manipulation would by just removing/adding characters.
Comment 1 freggy1 2010-01-28 09:33:54 UTC 
Actually, the problem of not being able to break a table, also exists when replying in HTML.

In the end I fired up Thunderbird. In plain text reply, it translates the table to plain text separated by spaces.
Comment 2 Milan Crha 2011-02-22 08:19:20 UTC 
*** Bug 640849 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 André Klapper 2017-02-09 13:38:49 UTC 
GtkHtml is not under active development anymore. 
Evolution (its main consumer) switched to a WebKit backend a while ago. 
It is currently unlikely that there will be any further GtkHtml development.

Closing this report as WONTFIX as part of Bugzilla Housekeeping (bug 778387) to reflect reality. Please feel free to reopen this bug report in the future if anyone takes the responsibility for active development again.