From: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 04:56:53 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: view: explain why we do not use blockquote
X-Git-Tag: v1.0.0~739
X-Git-Url: http://www.git.stargrave.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=676bcacf7bbb42b92d82a573679ec15b08444c9f;p=public-inbox.git

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.
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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