Mailspring: Bug: Lost New Lines after being sent

[shenghan97]

Describe the bug
In the editor, empty lines with a space character at the beginning will be gone when sending the email.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. In the editor type (note the space character in the second line, between 1. and 2.):

1.test new line with a space character:

2.test new line without a whitespace:

3.test

1. Send the email, and this is what I get in the email viewer:
   

Setup: (please complete the following information):

• OS: macOS
• OS Version 10.15.4 (19E266)
• Mailspring Version: Version 1.7.4 (1.7.4)

Additional context
Probably the same as issue #1395

[bengotow]

Hey! Thanks for reporting this - I've been able to reproduce the problem thanks to your instructions. It looks like the first newline (with the space) is translated into a <div> </div> in the email, and the second without a space is a <br>.

It looks like if we substitute that space for a character that enforces a line height, like  , it works. Will see what Gmail and other editors do and try to fix this.

[bengotow]

Hey! I was able to fix this and it'll be shipped in the 1.7.5 release tomorrow. It turns out I did a bunch of work to match Gmail and two specific cases were still not correct:

• Case where a line contains exactly one blank space and no other text
• Case where a line contains one blank space and then text (the blank space is lost)

Cheers!

[bengotow]

Hey folks, thanks for reporting this. Happy to say this has been resolved in 1.7.6 which shipped this afternoon. 🚀 The app should auto-update, but if it doesn't you can also grab the new release from GitHub's Releases tab or from https://getmailspring.com/download. Thanks for your patience and help tracking this down, enjoy the update!

[shenghan97]

🎉 Thanks for all the work you've put into this amazing app!!

Hey folks, thanks for reporting this. Happy to say this has been resolved in 1.7.6 which shipped this afternoon. 🚀 The app should auto-update, but if it doesn't you can also grab the new release from GitHub's Releases tab or from https://getmailspring.com/download. Thanks for your patience and help tracking this down, enjoy the update!