Re: [Evolution-hackers] discuss about 47549

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

This is simply not a bug, there is little point discussing it.  Sending an * makes it perfectly legible in the text version, which is all that is required.


On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 17:17, Charles Zhang wrote:
> Thank you, Not
> I have read your comment to #47549.
>
> If a mail is sent in the format of html, nothing special happens.
> If a mail is sent in the plain-text format, this bug appears.
> And the mail will be sent in the plain-text format by default, unless we 
> use the Format -> HTML menu.
>
> If we sent the mail in the plain-text format, it's no wonder that the 
> bullet will appear as asterish, because:
> 1. in the plain-text html, we can only use the charater whose ascii code 
> is under 128.
> 2. and the bullet character's ascii code is 146 (or something else, 
> sorry, but it is greater than 128)
> 3. so we use an asterish character standing for the bullet (the asterish 
> looks like a bullet and its ascii code is less than 128)
>
> Thus, if we want to keep the simplex of plain-text, we could only 
> transfer an asterish character standing for the bullet.
> So in the sender's composer, he see a bullet figure; and in the 
> receiver's explorer, he see a asterish text.
>
> What I want to say is:
> I suggest that we draw an asterish but not a bullet in the composer 
> while the mail in the plain-text format.
> Of couse, if the mail is in the html format, we still should draw an 
> bullet in the composer.
> Thus we get the both sides' viewing corresponding whatever the mail's 
> format is.
>
> Have I expressed myself clear enough?
>
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