Re: HTML rendering in Balsa ?

[Peter Bloomfield <PeterBloomfield bellsouth net>]

Hi Paul!

On 08/07/2021 02:14:37 PM Sat, Paul Lewis via balsa-list wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm currently using Balsa v2.5.6, and for a while now, I've noticed that  none of the HTML emails rendered in 
> HTML, all I get is a blank page.
>
> ( I can left click on the blank page and if I select open in Firefox, I get the email rendered correctly, any 
> other options on the menu give html code ).
>
> I've seen discussion of HTML rendering of emails and perhaps this is a known issue? So is the advice to 
> simply upgrade?

Yes, 2.5.6 had that issue with HTML message parts, and the next few releases had a number of fixes and 
improvements. AAIR, HTML rendering has been fairly stable since 2.5.9, so 2.5.11 should be OK, if you can get 
it built. Version 2.6.2 has a number of security enhancements.

> As I'm running a flavor of Debian, I expect the balsa repository has not been updated in a while. Anyway, I'm 
> trying to install 2.5.11  but during .configure I get the following message.
>
> checking for SPELL... no
> configure: error: Package requirements ( enchant != 1.6.0 ) were not met:
>
> Requested 'enchant != 1.6.0' but version of libenchant is 1.6.0

Balsa had some problems with the 1.6.x versions of libenchant. Currently the only version that is *excluded* is 
1.6.1, so apparently some way was found to live with 1.6.0 and >= 1.6.2. Enchant2 is currently preferred, 
though. This too is probably handled better in Balsa version 2.6.2.

> Enchant -v
> International Ispell Version 3.1.20 (but really Enchant 1.6.0)
>
> Which implies to me I've the correct version Enchant installed.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> Regards
> Paul

HTH!  Peter