Re: Bug report / improvement suggestion, regarding rewrapping quotes

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> This is an example of a long line that has for some reason been split up
> with hard linebreaks (e.g. by some stupid email client software), and it
> will thus look very ugly when being quoted (an re-wrapped) in the latest
> version of Quick Quote.
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> When I quote this message in QuickQuote with the "Rewrap quoted text to
> col (72)" option enabled, the result is the following very ugly mess:
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>> This is an example of a long line that has for some reason been split
>> up
>> with hard linebreaks (e.g. by some stupid email client software), and
>> it
>> will thus look very ugly when being quoted (an re-wrapped) in the
>> latest
>> version of Quick Quote.
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> To solve this problem I suggest an option called something like "Ignore
> single linebreaks when rewrapping", which will, as it sounds,
> ignore/delete all single linebreaks when rewrapping the quoted text, but
> still keep any double linebreaks (which is the normal way to separate
> paragraphs in emails).
>
> When this option is enabled, the result of the above quote would instead be:
>
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>> This is an example of a long line that has for some reason been split
>> up with hard linebreaks (e.g. by some stupid email client software),
>> and it will thus look very ugly when being quoted (an re-wrapped) in
>> the latest version of Quick Quote.
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> And, if the original text would instead be the following:
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> This is an example of a long line that has for some reason been split up
> with hard linebreaks (e.g. by some stupid email client software), and it
> will thus look very ugly when being quoted (an re-wrapped) in the latest
> version of Quick Quote.
>
> This is a second paragraph, which is also a long row which has of course
> also been split up by the same stupid email client software, and will be
> messed up the same way when quoted/re-wrapped.
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> The result would be:
>
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>> This is an example of a long line that has for some reason been split
>> up with hard linebreaks (e.g. by some stupid email client software),
>> and it will thus look very ugly when being quoted (an re-wrapped) in
>> the latest version of Quick Quote.
>>
>> This is a second paragraph, which is also a long row which has of
>> course also been split up by the same stupid email client software,
>> and will be messed up the same way when quoted/re-wrapped.
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> As you see, the double linebreak which constitutes the paragraph
> separation is retained, while all single linebreaks at normal line-ends
> have been removed before the text is rewrapped! Simple algorithm, but a
> beautiful result!
>
> Pretty optimal, don't you agree? Sadly, there are many of these stupid
> email clients out there, that split up long rows with hard linebreaks
> before sending the mail, so quotes _often_ look very ugly like in the
> first example. This is actually the entire reason that I found your
> extension, seeking a solution to this problem! And you already come so
> close with your existing rewrapping feature. This final addition would
> make it perfect!
>
> Pleeeeease consider this carefully, it would be such a great (and yet
> simple) addition!
>
> Regards,
> Magnus
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