Re: [FAQ] ASCII Art - answers to frequently asked questions

On 20/04/2023 16:42, Viatrix wrote:
> On 2023-04-20T16:11:23+0100
> Colin Randall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> [yet another (whitespace) test] using Thunderbird
>>
>> o   <- zero leading spaces
>>  o  <- one  leading space
>>   o <- two  leading spaces
> 
> looks correct to me, and looks like your message indeed no longer has
> Format=Flowed, so it should display similarly correct for all.
> Would the Thunderbird setting in question be worth adding to the FAQ?
> 
> On 2023-04-20T08:20:11-0700
> colin randall <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> that still looks messed up
>> with extra eoln chars
>> posted thru googlegroups
> 
> I believe that's due to Google Groups adding <BR>s. The uBlock rule in
> the FAQ:
>> groups.google.com##div[role="region"]>br:style(display:none!important)
> is supposed to hide the <BR>s, bit it only affects children of
> div[role=region], not all descendants. (no clue why Google Groups is
> showing the whitespace text as quoted, but that does make it a
> non-child descendant. I believe you can remove the ">" from the rule and
> just replace it with whitespace to make it select all <BR> children of
> div[role=region].)
hi ... i'm curious how you knew (could tell) it had 'flowed format' ?
or is it possible TB has provided this as an option in a recent update ?
i would've expected to have encountered this issue with Mozilla tools
previously
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