* [PATCH] view: explain why we do not use blockquote
@ 2016-01-20 11:30 Eric Wong
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From: Eric Wong @ 2016-01-20 11:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: meta
Inevitably, somebody will care about semantic HTML; but
preserving the original intent of the email author is
important.
---
lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 0783a1d..be18633 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -314,6 +314,9 @@ sub linkify_2 {
sub flush_quote {
my ($quot, $n, $part_nr, $full_pfx, $final, $do_anchor) = @_;
+ # n.b.: do not use <blockquote> since it screws up alignment
+ # w.r.t. unquoted text. Repliers may rely on pre-formatted
+ # alignment to point out a certain word in quoted text.
if ($full_pfx) {
if (!$final && scalar(@$quot) <= MAX_INLINE_QUOTED) {
# show quote inline
--
EW
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