Update trac notification email template

[gaben]

The Trac sends update notifications through email, so probably every registered user affected.

It usually contains:

• a table with the current status of the ticket
• changes in {from} => {to} format
• raw comments without preprocessing
• ticket reference URL

Example:

Please align at least the table to be more usable. Examples are on Trac wiki ​https://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/1.2/TracNotification

[stoecker]

The example in this page is the default and that's what we are using. In my mail programs it also looks correctly aligned.

The sent emails are plain text. You need to have a correct font settings (i.e. a proportional font) defined for nicer display.

[gaben]

You are right, the variable font width is the issue. Is it possible to specify the font family in the email header? I've never touched email templates, don't know how they work.

[stoecker]

Replying to gaben:

You are right, the variable font width is the issue. Is it possible to specify the font family in the email header? I've never touched email templates, don't know how they work.

Not with plain mail, only with HTML. For plain mail it is recommended to always use proportional fonts (which sane e-mail programs do).

[gaben]

Ah, I see, thanks!

If anyone is interested, the above picture is from Gmail and the plaintext display can be fixed with ​this userscript. Just replace the two CSS classes with something recent.