[Evolution-users] "/:" instead of ":" in Contact Notes

[rsbrux]

On Sun, 2025-09-21 at 06:42 +0200, rsbrux wrote:
> Many Contacts in my address book contain extensive notes, in which
> colons (:) often appear. When I view these notes in Evolution 3.52.3-
> 0ubuntu1 (native installation under Ubuntu Studio 24.04 LTS), each
> colon is preceded by a slash. The slash doesn't appear in any other
> app
> viewing the same addresses:
> Outlook (MS365) under Windows 10 22H2
> Apple Contacts under iPadOS 18.6.2
> Samsung Contacts under Android 15
P.S.
The behavior seems to be client-specific.
In 2 different cloud address books (Google Workspace and Infomaniak
kSuite) the spurious "/" characters don't appear when I access the
addressbooks through a browser, but both Evolution 3.52.3 under Ubuntu
and Betterbird 140.3.0 under Windows 10 show the spurious "/"
characters before colons.  In fact, Betterbird contributes not just
one, but two slashes. I suspect that the fault lies in some open-source
module common to various client applications. Since I upgraded my iPad
Pro to iPadOS 18.7, the iPad's Contacts app also shows one spurious
slash before each colon in Contact notes.