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Editing message from Matrix resends message without explanation to Signal chat
When editing a message on the Matrix side, the bridge re-sends a message into the Signal chat.
If this message was prefixed with something like "{user} edited their message to:" it would be less confusing for Signal users.
Ideally, the mautrix/signal bot would delete the previous Signal message instead of adding text to the newly edited message.
Currently the bot can already delete a Signal message when the message is deleted from the Matrix room, so it should be able to delete the previous message on edition too :slightly_smiling_face:
Ideally, the mautrix/signal bot would delete the previous Signal message instead of adding test to the newly edited message.
I don't see this as ideal.. as Signal keep showing deleted message as : 🗑️ Deleted message, this could leave a lot of these on successive edits..
I would prefer @jakecoppinger solution, maybe with a warning msg on matrix side to remind the poster that edits are sent in multiple messages, so he should try to limit edits
I don't know, imagine I edit this message three times.
I'd rather see (on Signal side) this:
deleted message
deleted message
I don't know, imagine I edit this message three times.
Than this:
I don't know, imgaine I edti this message three times.
Paulrbr edited their message to: I don't know, imgaine I edit this message three times.
Paulrbr edited their message to: I don't know, imagine I edit this message three times.
Wouldn't you?
In my signal the edited message is just appended and the original one stays. Might be better to delete the original message
And/or prefix with * or something? I mean there's plenty ways to skin the cat where "upstream" doesn't support edits...
I'd like to bring this topic up again as Signal received native message editing support a few weeks ago: https://community.signalusers.org/t/edit-sent-messages/975/650
This would basically make this bug a new feature request.
I assume signald would need to be extended before we can have it in this bridge here, right?
@sibbl as now "this" current mautrix-signal (and also related signald) is basically EOL:ed and new one written in go is coming fast, this issue might be obsolete in itself, at least for legacy version it is no-go.
@sibbl as now "this" current mautrix-signal (and also related signald) is basically EOL:ed and new one written in go is coming fast, this issue might be obsolete in itself, at least for legacy version it is no-go.
Unfortunately this is not an outdated issue. But it seems related to Signal's management of edited messages supported "Only by recent version of the client"
https://signal.org/blog/new-features-fall-2023/#:~:text=Edit%20messeage%20message&text=If%20you're%20using%20Signal,it%2C%20and%20make%20your%20adjustments.
The result turns "funny" anyhow:
Account A, Signal view:
Account A, Matrix view:
Account B, Matrix view 1:
Account B, Matrix view 2:
