(In reply to Scott MacGregor from comment #0) > I'd like to add a button to the mail compose window. Clicking on this button > would toggle editor between plain text and HTML. This may not even be > possible. > Just something that came up in the forums that I thought was a good idea. > > You would also need a dialog to come up and warn the user when converting > from > HTML to plain text about loss of formatting data.
--- Normal protocol would have this newer bug closed as a dup of the older bug. But the reason I responded to this was about the above comment -- Thunderbird does a pretty good job of converting HTML structured email to plain text "on the fly" as it gets sent out (either sent with both text & html or a last minute change to text only). One fairly simple fix would be to never disable HTML mode -- but put the user in a default fixed font that wraps ~ around 80 chars. I did 'similar' with a style sheet. Thunderbird handles multiple-level paragraph indent as well as converting emphasized text to *text* or *TEXT*.. or similar. So... one could always compose -- even save the dual format locally but on a user desire for text only -- only send the text version. Important is switching into a mono-font and setting your paragraph wrap width to your average char width. The CSS method isn't perfect, but it's easy -- and with any hints from the editor about what column you are in so wrapping would always be right, this doesn't seem like it should be a huge problem. Isn't there another bug/enhancement about wanting to be able to change style sheets midway through a compose? This and that might dovetail into something that solves both...? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/10883 Title: Stuck in proportional font mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/thunderbird/+bug/10883/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
