** Changed in: evolution (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
** Description changed:
[Impact]
- Ubuntu 16.04 evolution users sometimes send emails with ###SELECTION_END###
due to a copy/paste error in the EHTMLEditorView code when converting HTML to
plain text.
+ Ubuntu 16.04 evolution users sometimes send emails with ##SELECTION_END## due
to a copy/paste error in the EHTMLEditorView code when converting HTML to plain
text.
This is fixed in newer Ubuntu releases. The fix is a from upstream:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2016-May/msg06756.html
[Test Case]
I tried to find a test case but was unable to as it doesn't seem to always
happen and there is no upstream bug or steps to reproduce. The code change is
obvious though. This is the broken code:
if (strstr (*text, "##SELECTION_START##")) {
GString *tmp;
tmp = e_str_replace_string (
*text,
"##SELECTION_START##",
"<span id=\"-x-evo-selection-start-marker\"></span>");
g_free (*text);
*text = g_string_free (tmp, FALSE);
}
if (strstr (*text, "##SELECTION_END##")) {
GString *tmp;
tmp = e_str_replace_string (
*text,
"##SELECTION_START##",
"<span id=\"-x-evo-selection-start-marker\"></span>");
g_free (*text);
*text = g_string_free (tmp, FALSE);
}
Notice how if it finds ##SELECTION_END## in the text, it will not end up
replacing it because it tries to replace ##SELECTION_START## instead.
Contrast that to the stanza just above it that correctly searches for
and replaces ##SELECTION_START##.
Test case then is simply testing for no regressions:
1. send an html mail
2. respond to an html in html
3. respond to an html in plain text
4. send an email in plain text
5. respond to a plain text email in html
6. respond to a plain text email in plain text
[Regression Potential]
The regression potential is considered low since the change is minimal and
obviously correct. In addition I personally used the patch for months (until
upgrading to 17.04) and have several users how also use it without issue.
== Original description ==
From https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2016-May/msg06756.html:
"EHTMLEditorView - Restore the selection end mark correctly when
processing HTML to plain text
Otherwise the ##SELECTON_END## string could be left in the output."
I sometimes see this from people on xenial. Patch is in the commit list
needs a light backport. I will attach a debdiff if it works.
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[evolution/wip/webkit2] EHTMLEditorView - Restore the selection end
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