Re: Nabble Editor line wrapping

Posted by GregChapman on
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Nabble-Editor-line-wrapping-tp7601337p7601346.html

I've just done some further testing and realised that hard returns are treated the same way whether you insert them in the Nabble editor or post via email. This confirms my view that Nabble does what you would expect and always respects hard returns, including in Nabble subscription emails.

Having had a look at a number of posts in the GnuCash archive it does seem that a very high proportion of users there are using plain text with hard returns. I have no idea why that should be in this day and age.

However, it is also clear that hard returns are not forced on users by Mailman, witness the posts by "Adrien Monteleone-2" in the topic:
http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GNC-A-feature-request-for-next-release-td4703355.html
or by "Deva -" in:
http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GNC-GC-3-2-Import-Price-File-CSV-td4702706.html
Neither of these people can be posting via Nabble, as they are unregistered users, so they must be using some other software.

This all suggests that the Nabble archive is simply respecting what is sent to it. I'd argue it is for those who make hard return posts to change their ways. If that is something to do with Mailman settings then it is for the owners of the list to do something about that - although the evidence is that Mailman is not to blame.

Is there some other popular way for users to interact with the GnuCash mail list that forces plain text, hard return posts on users? In my view, that is where the problem lies and it's not for Nabble to sort that, or provide a work-around.