kopete spellcheck catches hidden html tags

[TeraDyne]

Binary package hint: kopete

Kubuntu Hardy 8.04 x86 edition
KDE 3.5.9
Kopete 0.12.7

Apparently, the spellchecker that Kopete uses will catch the hidden HTML tags used by the application, and thus try to correct them. A user who does not know about those tags might try to "correct" the tag, not knowing that it should not be messed with. It's not really a major bug, but can become a hassle. I would expect the tags to be ignored, rather than seen.

I have included a screencast showcasing the problem.

[Richard Seguin (sectech)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
* Is there anything special you have enabled in Kopete?

This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

While trying to triage this bug I have tried double clicking on a contact and typing a word wrong, then right click in the chat window and went to spell check... It didn't catch any HTML tags...

[TeraDyne (teradyne-ezeri)]

I was using a Jabber account to communicate with a Jabber account in the screencast, and I've had it happen in a Yahoo chat as well. I don't have anyone on my MSN, ICQ, or AIM buddy lists, so I cannot test those accounts.

I simply typed into the chat window and used the "Check Spelling" option in the context menu. The spell checker caught the markup tags every time.

I'm using default settings for the chat window itself, so no special settings there. I do have the Cryptography plug-in on, but it's not active. However, even with that plugin turned off, it catches the tags. The theme I use is "Clear (No Variant)", if it helps.

[Richard Seguin (sectech)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Fixed in the Kubuntu 8.10.