Markdown Here Revival and SmartTemplates

[infinitelyintrigued]

Recently, I've started experimenting with this add-on:

• Markdown Here Revival

It's useful when I need to include a program code, for example.

I have this line in a SmartTemplates template:

Hi, %recipient(addressbook,nickname,??firstname)%,

When this line is rendered by Markdown Here Revival, it becomes:

Hi,
George
,

I'm looking for a workaround. For example, is there a function to concatenate strings like a join function to join "Hi, ", %recipient(addressbook,nickname,??firstname)%, and ","?

Thank you,

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• Thunderbird: 128.5.0esr (64-bit)
• SmartTemplates: 4.9
• Markdown Here Revival 4.0.2

[RealRaven2000]

Just looked at the ATN version and I am afraid I probably won't have time on working on fully integrating that. If I understand it correctly you edit Markdown on a separate screen and then insert it somewhere in the email (after SmartTemplates has already run) ?

[infinitelyintrigued]

The Markdown add-on lets me edit directly in the compose window. It renders as I type texts and Markdown codes. The issue I reported only happens to Write templates. Reply templates work as expected.

I think I found a workaround:

1. Click New Message to open a new compose window. (A SmartTemplates Write templates is invoked.)
2. Enter the recipient's email address in the To field. Click the recipient's name placeholder in the message body to resolve the name. At this point, Markdown renders the "Dear ...," line as broken lines.
3. Switch to a different Write template by choosing a different profile and then switch back to the original profile. These actions seem to force the Markdown to re-render. This re-rendering fixes the issue.

Since I reply more than compose new messages, I think I'm OK with this workaround for now. Thank you for looking into this issue. Have a good Thanksgiving!

[RealRaven2000]

3. Switch to a different Write template by choosing a different profile and then switch back to the original profile. These actions seem to force the Markdown to re-render. This re-rendering fixes the issue.

ok - but doesn't switching bring up a warning / or reset whatever you have entered so far? I guess that Markdown does some processing after SmartTemplates did the cursor positioning... internally it just adds a hidden <span> element which it then replaces with a space that it selects with the cursor as very last step.

[infinitelyintrigued]

Yes, it does reset, but the "Dear ..." part is the same between my two profile Write templates. After I complete the "Dear ..." part and switch immediately, the "Dear .. " part is preserved.