Add options to disable HTML in notifications

docs/TODO.md

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 - Change docs linking to dev branch back to master 
 
 - Implement fallback QML notifications, usable if dbus isn't available
-- Option to use plaintext notifications
 
 - add http_proxy support
 - image viewer: can't expand image in reduced window layout

src/backend/matrix_client.py

@@ -2438,19 +2438,24 @@ class MatrixClient(nio.AsyncClient):
             )
 
         sender   = item.sender_name or item.sender_id
+        is_linux = platform.system() == "Linux"
+        use_html = is_linux and self.backend.settings.Notifications.use_html
+        content  = item.inline_content if use_html else item.plain_content
 
-        if isinstance(ev, nio.RoomMessageEmote):
+        if isinstance(ev, nio.RoomMessageEmote) and use_html:
-            body = f"<i>{sender} {item.inline_content}</i>"
+            body = f"<i>{sender} {content}</i>"
+        elif isinstance(ev, nio.RoomMessageEmote):
+            body = f"{sender} {content}"
         elif not isinstance(ev, nio.RoomMessage):
-            body = item.inline_content.replace(
+            body = content.replace(
                 "%1", item.sender_name or item.sender_id,
             ).replace(
                 "%2", item.target_name or item.target_id,
             )
         elif room.member_count == 2 and room.display_name == sender:
-            body = item.inline_content
+            body = content
         else:
-            body = f"{sender}: {item.inline_content}"
+            body = f"{sender}: {content}"
 
         NotificationRequested(
             id           = item.id,

src/backend/models/items.py

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import lxml  # nosec
 import nio
 
 from ..presence import Presence
-from ..utils import AutoStrEnum, auto
+from ..utils import AutoStrEnum, auto, strip_html_tags
 from .model_item import ModelItem
 
 OptionalExceptionType = Union[Type[None], Type[Exception]]
@@ -432,6 +432,15 @@ class Event(ModelItem):
 
         return (self.date, self.id) > (other.date, other.id)
 
+    @property
+    def plain_content(self) -> str:
+        """Plaintext version of the event's content."""
+
+        if isinstance(self.source, nio.RoomMessageText):
+            return self.source.body
+
+        return strip_html_tags(self.content)
+
     @staticmethod
     def parse_links(text: str) -> List[str]:
         """Return list of URLs (`<a href=...>` tags) present in the text."""

src/backend/utils.py

@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ def plain2html(text: str) -> str:
                .replace("\t", " " * 4)
 
 
+def strip_html_tags(text: str) -> str:
+    """Remove HTML tags from text."""
+    return re.sub(r"<\/?[^>]+(>|$)", "", text)
+
+
 def serialize_value_for_qml(
     value: Any, json_list_dicts: bool = False, reject_unknown: bool = False,
 ) -> Any:

src/config/settings.py

@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ class Notifications:
     # - "mute" (don't notify for anything)
     start_level: str = "enable"
 
+    # Use HTML formatting in notification bubbles.
+    # This option has no effect on Windows and OSX.
+    # Rendering is only supported by notification servers which follow the
+    # GNOME Desktop Notification Specification, set this to `False` if you
+    # keep seeing raw <tags> in notifications.
+    use_html: bool = True
+
     # How long in seconds the window will flash in your dock or taskbar when
     # a new message, which matches a notification push rule with a
     # flash (lightbulb) action, is posted in a room.