`is_plain_text()` returns error

[gregsadetsky]

Calling gmail.check.is_plain_text() returns:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property '4' of null
at Object.Gmail.api.check.is_plain_text (extension.js:11348)

The offending line is:

        var settings = api.tracker.globals[17][4][1];

i.e., this line.

I am using gmail.js version 0.9.9.

Thank you!

[josteink]

Hey there and thanks for the report.

I can confirm on my end too that this function no longer works. On the flip side, this function should probably not be a stand-alone/static function, but instead be tied to specific Compose DOM-object instances.

Right now this function is not crucial for any of my production needs, so I probably won't spend much time looking into it.

If you however can find a working patch and issue a PR, I'll be happy to review, test and merge it.

[josteink]

I've also done a rudimentary test in the web-developer console.

// enable plain-text
let g1 = JSON.toString(GLOBALS);
// disable plain-text
let g2 = JSON.toString(GLOBALS);

g1 == g2
// true

This probably means we can no longer rely on the GLOBALS variable to determine this setting anyway, which once again hints that this function should be moved onto a compose-instance.