no point in turning off the link handler if we are allready in text only mode.

editor/base/nsEditor.cpp

@@ -844,11 +844,7 @@ nsEditor::Init(nsIDOMDocument *aDoc, nsIPresShell* aPresShell, nsIContent *aRoot
   if (aRoot)
     mBodyElement = do_QueryInterface(aRoot);
 
-  // disable links
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPresContext> context;
-  ps->GetPresContext(getter_AddRefs(context));
-  if (!context) return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
-  context->SetLinkHandler(0);  
+
 
   // Set up the DTD
   // XXX - in the long run we want to get this from the document, but there
@@ -879,6 +875,10 @@ nsEditor::Init(nsIDOMDocument *aDoc, nsIPresShell* aPresShell, nsIContent *aRoot
   aSelCon->SetDisplaySelection(nsISelectionController::SELECTION_ON);
 
   // Set the selection to the beginning:
+
+//hack to get around this for now.
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIPresShell> shell = do_QueryReferent(mSelConWeak);
+  if (shell)
     BeginningOfDocument();
 
   NS_POSTCONDITION(mDocWeak && mPresShellWeak, "bad state");

editor/base/nsHTMLEditor.cpp

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "nsIDocumentEncoder.h"
 #include "nsIDOMDocumentFragment.h"
 #include "nsIPresShell.h"
+#include "nsIPresContext.h"
 #include "nsIImage.h"
 #include "nsAOLCiter.h"
 #include "nsInternetCiter.h"
@@ -398,6 +399,13 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsHTMLEditor::Init(nsIDOMDocument *aDoc,
   result = nsEditor::Init(aDoc, aPresShell, aRoot, aSelCon, aFlags);
   if (NS_FAILED(result)) { return result; }
 
+  // disable links
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIPresContext> context;
+  aPresShell->GetPresContext(getter_AddRefs(context));
+  if (!context) return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
+  if (!(mFlags & eEditorPlaintextMask))
+    context->SetLinkHandler(0);  
+
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMElement> bodyElement;
   result = nsEditor::GetRootElement(getter_AddRefs(bodyElement));
   if (NS_FAILED(result)) { return result; }

editor/libeditor/base/nsEditor.cpp

@@ -844,11 +844,7 @@ nsEditor::Init(nsIDOMDocument *aDoc, nsIPresShell* aPresShell, nsIContent *aRoot
   if (aRoot)
     mBodyElement = do_QueryInterface(aRoot);
 
-  // disable links
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIPresContext> context;
-  ps->GetPresContext(getter_AddRefs(context));
-  if (!context) return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
-  context->SetLinkHandler(0);  
+
 
   // Set up the DTD
   // XXX - in the long run we want to get this from the document, but there
@@ -879,6 +875,10 @@ nsEditor::Init(nsIDOMDocument *aDoc, nsIPresShell* aPresShell, nsIContent *aRoot
   aSelCon->SetDisplaySelection(nsISelectionController::SELECTION_ON);
 
   // Set the selection to the beginning:
+
+//hack to get around this for now.
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIPresShell> shell = do_QueryReferent(mSelConWeak);
+  if (shell)
     BeginningOfDocument();
 
   NS_POSTCONDITION(mDocWeak && mPresShellWeak, "bad state");

editor/libeditor/html/nsHTMLEditor.cpp

@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 #include "nsIDocumentEncoder.h"
 #include "nsIDOMDocumentFragment.h"
 #include "nsIPresShell.h"
+#include "nsIPresContext.h"
 #include "nsIImage.h"
 #include "nsAOLCiter.h"
 #include "nsInternetCiter.h"
@@ -398,6 +399,13 @@ NS_IMETHODIMP nsHTMLEditor::Init(nsIDOMDocument *aDoc,
   result = nsEditor::Init(aDoc, aPresShell, aRoot, aSelCon, aFlags);
   if (NS_FAILED(result)) { return result; }
 
+  // disable links
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIPresContext> context;
+  aPresShell->GetPresContext(getter_AddRefs(context));
+  if (!context) return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
+  if (!(mFlags & eEditorPlaintextMask))
+    context->SetLinkHandler(0);  
+
   nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMElement> bodyElement;
   result = nsEditor::GetRootElement(getter_AddRefs(bodyElement));
   if (NS_FAILED(result)) { return result; }