[Pidgin] #13541: Display subjects for messages on XMPP

Mon Mar 21 11:28:27 EDT 2011

#13541: Display subjects for messages on XMPP
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 Reporter:  chemistrydioxide  |        Owner:  deryni
     Type:  defect            |       Status:  new   
Milestone:                    |    Component:  XMPP  
  Version:  2.7.11            |   Resolution:        
 Keywords:  subject           |  
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Description changed by chemistrydioxide:

Old description:

> On XMPP, messages can have subject lines. Here's an example:
> {{{
> <message from='example.com' to='john.doe at example.com'
> type='normal'><subject>Server will be down for
> maintenance</subject><body>This will happen from 2011-11-21, 12 hours til
> 2011-11-22, 13 hours.
>
> Regards,
> Earnest Xonan Ample, Admin</body></message>
> }}}
>
> When pidgin receives a message of the latter kind, it only displays the
> message body but not the subject which is a loss of information. In the
> example above, it would not even become clear what the message is about.
>
> Of course, I don't understand why instant messages should have subject
> lines like e-mails, but I do think that these should not be silently
> discarded. I think that the subject line should be displayed as the first
> line of the message, maybe in '''bold''' so it can be recognized as a
> heading.

New description:

 On XMPP, messages can have subject lines. Here's an example:
 {{{
 <message from='example.com' to='john.doe at example.com'
  type='normal'><subject>Server will be down for
  maintenance</subject><body>This will happen from 2011-11-21, 12
  hours til 2011-11-22, 13 hours.

 Regards,
 Earnest Xonan Ample, Admin</body></message>
 }}}

 When pidgin receives a message of the latter kind, it only displays the
 message body but not the subject which is a loss of information. In the
 example above, it would not even become clear what the message is about.

 Of course, I don't understand why instant messages should have subject
 lines like e-mails, but I do think that these should not be silently
 discarded. I think that the subject line should be displayed as the first
 line of the message, maybe in '''bold''' so it can be recognized as a
 heading.

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