From 676bcacf7bbb42b92d82a573679ec15b08444c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 04:56:53 +0000
Subject: view: explain why we do not use blockquote

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(+)

(limited to 'lib')

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
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