From d740574bd435390172a9f6f07ec1468261432b30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Bolton <nick@symless.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 10:43:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Remove unnecessary log line endings and trimming

---
 src/lib/gui/Logger.cpp     | 4 +---
 src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/gui/Logger.cpp b/src/lib/gui/Logger.cpp
index 52f852ce0..37d57d491 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/Logger.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,8 @@ QString printLine(FILE *out, const QString &type, const QString &message, const
   auto logLine = QString("[%1] %2: %3").arg(datetime, type, message);
 
   QTextStream stream(&logLine);
-  stream << Qt::endl;
-
   if (!fileLine.isEmpty()) {
-    stream << "\t" + fileLine << Qt::endl;
+    stream << "\n\t" + fileLine;
   }
 
   auto logLineBytes = logLine.toUtf8();
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 12ee3af0f..340f87547 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -729,9 +729,8 @@ void MainWindow::handleLogLine(const QString &line)
   int maxScroll = verticalScroll->maximum();
   const auto scrollAtBottom = qAbs(currentScroll - maxScroll) <= kScrollBottomThreshold;
 
-  // only trim end instead of the whole line to prevent tab-indented debug
-  // filenames from losing their indentation.
-  ui->textLog->appendPlainText(line.trimmed());
+  // Never trim the log line; doing so would hide underlying bugs where newlines and space is added unintentionally.
+  ui->textLog->appendPlainText(line);
 
   if (scrollAtBottom) {
     verticalScroll->setValue(verticalScroll->maximum());