I would like to change the string "> " inserted before any line of quoted text in any reply in plain text. I don't want to replace it by an empty string, because the quotation level
would disappear, but rather by something much more easy to read like: "! ", "| ", "\" ".
In the Thunderbird preferences "prefs.js" I didn't see any entry about the indent string
which is "> ".
I am not searching for a way to change the style in use to display this string, but for a way to
change it.
Is this a preference one can change?
How to find the name of this preference?
Change the quoting string?
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Change the quoting string?
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Re: Change the indent string?
Not sure which one it is but I think it is one of the "quote" preferences in General > Config Editor.
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Re: Change the indent string?
I kinda changed the indent string with a style.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserContent.css
Thunderbird 68: CSS to change Quote Colours
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/562721
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/* Thunderbird userContent.css */
/* mail.quoted_graphical pref (default true)
true - use html style quoting for displaying plain text
false - use indent string "> " for displaying plain text */
@-moz-document url-prefix("imap:"), url-prefix("mailbox:"), url-prefix("news:") {
span.moz-txt-citetags {
visibility: hidden !important;
}
span.moz-txt-citetags::after {
content: "$ " !important;
visibility: visible !important;
}
}
Thunderbird 68: CSS to change Quote Colours
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/562721
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Re: Change the indent string?
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Quote_bars might help. Ditto for https://askubuntu.com/questions/173505/ ... e-outlooks .The SmartTemplate4 and ReFwdFormatter addon support version 68.
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Re: Change the indent string?
morat wrote:I kinda changed the indent string with a style.
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/* Thunderbird userContent.css */ [...] [/quote] Is this working for [b]plain text[/b]?
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Re: Change the indent string?
@dazuelos
You can apply a style to a plain text message in the message pane using the userContent.css file.
I don't know if that particular style works with your setup.
There are various preferences that affect how quotes are displayed in a plain text message in the message pane.
e.g.
* mail.quoted_graphical
* mail.quoteasblock
* mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support
You can apply a style to a plain text message in the message pane using the userContent.css file.
I don't know if that particular style works with your setup.
There are various preferences that affect how quotes are displayed in a plain text message in the message pane.
e.g.
* mail.quoted_graphical
* mail.quoteasblock
* mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support
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Re: Change the indent string?
The chrome/userContent.css doesn't change the indent string, it is still "> ".morat wrote:@dazuelos
You can apply a style to a plain text message in the message pane using the userContent.css file.
I don't know if that particular style works with your setup.
[...]
What this CSS changes is the the style the indent string is displayed only and only when you display HTML.
My OQ is about real content and for people working with plain text messages.
I updated my OQ since it wasn't clear enough.
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Re: Change the indent string?
Did you set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true using the config editor? That's needed to enable use of userChrome.css and userContent.css in version 68 and later.
https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1272749
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforTb
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/05/24/firef ... y-default/
https://support.mozilla.org/bm/questions/1272749
https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforTb
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/05/24/firef ... y-default/
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Re: Change the quoting string?
Yes:tanstaafl wrote:Did you set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets to true using the config editor?
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$ grep legacy prefs.js
user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);
$