Bug 209107

Summary: MSN messenger conversations always start with bold characters enabled
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matthias Saou <matthias>
Component: gaimAssignee: Warren Togami <wtogami>
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Description Matthias Saou 2006-10-03 09:45:06 UTC 
I use gaim for both ICQ and MSN messenger. Since switching to the 2.0
pre-releases, every time I start a new dialog with an MSN Messenger user, what I
type is in bold, I need to display the formatting toolbar and unselect the bold
button in order to have the text become normal again.

This does not happen with ICQ conversations.
This happens with all MSN Messenger contacts I have.
This happens each time I start Gaim.
This happens for each and every contact (every new dialog starts in bold).

Current version is 2:2.0.0-0.11.beta3.fc6 but this has been happening with all
2.0.0-0.x AFAIR.
Comment 1 Stu Tomlinson 2006-10-03 13:24:52 UTC 
You have set a default formatting for your messages. If you want to clear this,
go to Tools -> Preferences and click the 'Reset formatting' button above the
text box that says "This is how your outgoing message text will appear when you
use protocols that support formatting." (the paintbrush button).

The reason this doesn't happen on ICQ is that Gaim doesn't support formatting of
messages on ICQ.
Comment 2 Matthias Saou 2006-10-03 13:42:10 UTC 
Hmmm... interesting, but :

- I had never seen this "This is how your outgoing message text will appear when
you use protocols that support formatting." box, simply because it's black on
black for me! (no, my MSN messenger windows are black on white). I just found
out there was text in it when selecting it.
- The bold was indeed selected there... but I'm pretty sure I've never set it
myself. A wrong default at some point?
- I have no "Reset formatting" button in my preferences...
- I just clicked on the "Background color" icon, and it instantly changed from
black to white! Seems strange...

Thanks for the pointers ;-)
Comment 3 Matthias Saou 2006-11-13 14:33:48 UTC 
Resolving as NOTABUG since it's simply a settings issue.