[Pidgin] #927: Multiline messages in logs

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#927: Multiline messages in logs
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 Reporter:  shreevatsa    |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new           |   Priority:  minor      
Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |    Version:  2.0        
 Keywords:                |    Pending:  0          
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 Messages spanning multiple lines are stored "as-is" in the logs (in the
 Plaintext format ones, at least). As quoting other conversations is
 something that is frequently done, this can lead to much confusion when
 reading the logs, for example:

 {{{
 (20:16:57) Alice: Hey Bob, what did Carol tell you?
 (20:17:03) Bob: This: (20:03:05) Carol: I have some information...
 (20:03:46) Carol: which you might find interesting
 (20:04:50) Carol: Blah blah
 (20:18:38) Alice: Did she say anything more?
 }}}

 (There can be even more confusion if the range of times pasted actually
 fits neatly inside the range of times... If Bob is pasting to Alice his
 own conversation with her from the day before, the results might be
 totally indistinguishable from a new one :-))

 It would be nice if (the second and later lines of) multi-line messages
 were indented (by a few spaces or so), at least in the logs.

 It would be even nice if Pidgin did this even while displaying the
 messages itself... maybe even indent all successive lines to the level of
 the first one (like when one is typing
 {{{
 (20:25:03) Bob: 1. First item
 2. Second item
 }}}
 ), or start multi-line messages on a new line and indent each line by a
 space or something, but that may be too much :)

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