In prior versions (through 3.44.1) of Evolution it was possible to have the basic message style set to Plain Text and either to an HTML message in plain text or to recover HTML formatting when responding. Now HTML formatting commands are converted to plain text and formatting is not recoverable. To reproduce 1) Set Plain Text in the style (Preferences > Editor preferences) 2) Select an HTML message that has been received and either a) reply format or b) forward "in-line". 3) The body of the original HTML message will show with the formatting commands as plain text -- and, of course, the formatting cannot be recovered if the response is changed from Plain Text to HTML. Will send a screenshot and enquire on the Evo ML.
Created attachment 13279 [details] Screenshot showing formatting commands
Summary: Responding to/forwarding HTML messages converts formatting commands to plain text => Evolution: responding to/forwarding HTML messages converts formatting commands to plain text
Thank you for the report. As this is a change in behaviour from 3.44.1 to 3.44.2, this suggests an upstream problem. evolution-3.44.1.tar.xz 12.5 MiB 2022-Apr-22 06:08 evolution-3.44.2.tar.xz 12.5 MiB 2022-May-27 06:06 > Will send a screenshot and enquire on the Evo ML. Please do. https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution says: "The evolution-list mailing list is the best place to seek further assistance with using Evolution, for example when you have problems Subscribe here! [https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list]" Your screenshot was useful. It shows HTML syntax, like viewing an HTML message as straight text; so it looks like Evolution is not recognising or treating it as an HTML message. We should wait for an upstream response.
CC: (none) => lewyssmithKeywords: (none) => UPSTREAM
Upstream bug report: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/1918 HTML messages generated by Evo itself can be responded to in plain text with no problem. However, HTML messages from other clients/editors are not.
URL: (none) => https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/1918
The upstream bug (worth a look) has been closed with a fix: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/commit/51daf69dafd4726f996b34ceae1a31eee687790a Note also that the maintainer advised equally to remove a previous patch: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/commit/c7009fda1b891962e90768f2d8b003e004df4eac Assigning to Olav who does most Evolution commits. @aguador If the correction makes it to core/updates_testing, please do test it. That would help a lot.
CC: lewyssmith => (none)Assignee: bugsquad => olavSummary: Evolution: responding to/forwarding HTML messages converts formatting commands to plain text => Evolution: responding to/forwarding HTML messages converts formatting commands to plain text. FIX AVAILABLE
More than happy to test when it hits. I see that evo-server was rebuilt, but have not seen anything about evo itself. I've checked updates_testing from time to time. If it does hit there, a heads up would help as I will test ASAP.
Update to 3.44.3 has solved the issue. Closing...
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED