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TB 102 - Backslash character added to occurrence of colon in notes on contacts

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In TB 102 if I add a note to a contact in the address book which contains a : (colon), a \ (backslash) character is added after it.

For example, if I enter "Test: xxxxx" into the note field and save it, it is then displayed as "Text\: xxxxxx".

This seems like a bug to me. Is anyone else seeing this problem?

Thanks, Bill

In TB 102 if I add a note to a contact in the address book which contains a : (colon), a \ (backslash) character is added after it. For example, if I enter "Test: xxxxx" into the note field and save it, it is then displayed as "Text\: xxxxxx". This seems like a bug to me. Is anyone else seeing this problem? Thanks, Bill

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Sorry, I meant the \ is inserted before the :.

Bill

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That would be bug 1772677 fixed 4 days ago and likely to see a release to you soon. Currently marinating in a daily release to see if the fix actually broke something else. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1772677

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Thanks for the reply. That bug is referring to URLs, but I didn't have any URLs. Mine is just when I enter a : in a note. Is that also fixed?

Thanks, Bill

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I would guess so, that is why I posted it. While : is a punctuation mark it is also the core of URLs, the information before being the protocol and that after being the location. That they are talking about carddav and google, I would only be concerned if your address book is not Google based.

But hey, why not ask the experts. Then there is no guessing.

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My address book is Google based. Even though my problem is a little different, I do hope it will be fixed by this fix.

As this is Thunderbird Support I was hoping I was asking the experts. Where would I ask the experts if not here?

Bill

Modified by BillH

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I asked in the bug. I looked at the patch and am starting to doubt my early assumption. So lets see what the response is.

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OK... thanks.

Since the bug was closed I wasn't sure I should add to it.

Bill

Modified by BillH

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Looks like they opened a new bug, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1777920.

Bill