Trim whitespace from text messages

src/Utils.cpp

@@ -337,10 +337,12 @@ utils::linkifyMessage(const QString &body)
         return textString;
 }
 
-std::string
+QString
-utils::markdownToHtml(const std::string &text)
+utils::markdownToHtml(const QString &text)
 {
-        const char *tmp_buf = cmark_markdown_to_html(text.c_str(), text.size(), CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT);
+        const auto str = text.toUtf8();
+        const char *tmp_buf =
+          cmark_markdown_to_html(str.constData(), str.size(), CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT);
 
         // Copy the null terminated output buffer.
         std::string html(tmp_buf);
@@ -348,17 +350,11 @@ utils::markdownToHtml(const std::string &text)
         // The buffer is no longer needed.
         free((char *)tmp_buf);
 
-        return html;
+        return QString::fromStdString(html).trimmed();
-}
-
-std::string
-utils::markdownToHtml(const QString &text)
-{
-        return utils::markdownToHtml(text.toStdString());
 }
 
 std::string
-utils::stripHtml(const std::string &text)
+utils::stripHtml(const QString &text)
 {
-        return QString::fromStdString(text).remove(QRegExp("<[^>]*>")).toStdString();
+        return text.trimmed().remove(QRegExp("<[^>]*>")).toStdString();
 }

src/Utils.h

@@ -217,13 +217,10 @@ QString
 linkifyMessage(const QString &body);
 
 //! Convert the input markdown text to html.
-std::string
+QString
 markdownToHtml(const QString &text);
 
-std::string
-markdownToHtml(const std::string &text);
-
 //! Return the plain text version of an html document.
 std::string
-stripHtml(const std::string &text);
+stripHtml(const QString &text);
 }

src/timeline/TimelineItem.cpp

@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ TimelineItem::TimelineItem(mtx::events::MessageType ty,
                   "You: ", userid, body, utils::descriptiveTime(timestamp), timestamp};
         }
 
-        body = QString::fromStdString(utils::markdownToHtml(body));
+        body = utils::markdownToHtml(body);
         body = utils::linkifyMessage(body);
 
         generateTimestamp(timestamp);

src/timeline/TimelineView.cpp

@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ toRoomMessage<mtx::events::msg::Emote>(const PendingMessage &m)
 
         mtx::events::msg::Emote emote;
         emote.body           = utils::stripHtml(html);
-        emote.formatted_body = html;
+        emote.formatted_body = html.toStdString();
 
         return emote;
 }
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ toRoomMessage<mtx::events::msg::Text>(const PendingMessage &m)
 
         mtx::events::msg::Text text;
         text.body           = utils::stripHtml(html);
-        text.formatted_body = html;
+        text.formatted_body = html.toStdString();
 
         return text;
 }