[Aardvark Bugs 0000101]: mantis squeezes multiple spaces

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The following issue is UNDER REVIEW. 
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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=101 
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Reported By:                geoffclare
Assigned To:                msbrown
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Project:                    Aardvark Bugs
Issue ID:                   101
Category:                   Aardvark Mk III
Type:                       Error
Severity:                   Editorial
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     Under Review
Name:                       Geoff Clare 
Organization:               The Open Group 
User Reference:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-06-30 08:31 UTC
Last Modified:              2009-06-30 14:01 UTC
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Summary:                    mantis squeezes multiple spaces
Description: 
This is only a minor issue, but if there is an easy fix it would be worth
doing.

When there are multiple non-leading spaces in the description (and, I
assume,
the desired action) text, Mantis displays a single space when viewed in
the web browser.  The spaces are intact in the email notification, so my
guess is they
are preserved in the database but squeezed during the display process.

This will affect any quotes from tables or tagged paragraphs.  Here's an
example:

    first column           second column
    row1 column1           row1 column2
    r2c1                   r2c2

When displayed in a web browser, I expect the first column will line up
but
the second will not.

Desired Action: 
Arrange for the second column in:

    first column           second column
    row1 column1           row1 column2
    r2c1                   r2c2

to line up when displayed by Mantis.
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 (0000139) geoffclare (reporter) - 2009-06-30 08:35
 http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=101#c139 
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Obviously I hadn't thought the issue through completely.  Even if the
spaces are
preserved, the second column still won't line up in the browser because of
the
use of a proportional font.  However, I think the fix would still be
worth
doing as preserving the spaces will at least provide some visual
separation of
the columns.  (You could also consider displaying the Description and
Desired Action text in monospace font.)