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authorEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2016-01-16 04:56:53 +0000
committerEric Wong <e@80x24.org>2016-01-18 11:46:18 +0000
commit676bcacf7bbb42b92d82a573679ec15b08444c9f (patch)
treeab2db0a90dc30c93f137af232b32a5237e54b9e5 /lib
parente70b30144eb62aba848437026bf4e3d5d5ed60c8 (diff)
downloadpublic-inbox-676bcacf7bbb42b92d82a573679ec15b08444c9f.tar.gz
Inevitably, somebody will care about semantic HTML; but
preserving the original intent of the email author is
important.
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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/View.pm3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 0783a1d6..be186333 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