fix: mount StringsScope, keep list inline text, show FOB until scroll down

app/lib/mews/parser.dart

@@ -156,9 +156,21 @@ void _appendBlocks(XmlElement element, String pageUrl, List<MewsBlock> out) {
       out.addAll(embedded);
     case 'blockquote':
       final children = <MewsBlock>[];
-      for (final child in element.children.whereType<XmlElement>()) {
+      final embedded = <MewsBlock>[];
-        _appendBlocks(child, pageUrl, children);
+      // Bare inline content (quotes are often written as plain text) becomes
+      // a paragraph, like in list items.
+      final inline = <MewsInline>[];
+      for (final node in element.children) {
+        final isInlineNode = node is XmlText ||
+            (node is XmlElement && _inlineElements.contains(node.name.qualified));
+        if (isInlineNode) {
+          _appendInline(node, pageUrl, inline, embedded);
+        } else if (node is XmlElement) {
+          _appendBlocks(node, pageUrl, children);
+        }
       }
+      if (inline.isNotEmpty) children.insert(0, ParagraphBlock(inline));
+      children.addAll(embedded);
       out.add(QuoteBlock(children));
     case 'pre':
       out.add(PreBlock(element.innerText));
@@ -193,13 +205,33 @@ void _appendBlocks(XmlElement element, String pageUrl, List<MewsBlock> out) {
   }
 }
 
+/// Inline-only elements; text and images directly inside these become part of
+/// the enclosing paragraph's inline run.
+const _inlineElements = {
+  'a', 'br', 'em', 'strong', 'b', 'i', 'code', 'kbd', 'samp', 'var', 'q',
+  'cite', 'abbr', 'dfn', 'img',
+};
+
 ListBlock _listBlock(XmlElement element, String pageUrl) {
   final items = <MewsListItem>[];
   for (final li in element.findElements('li')) {
     final blocks = <MewsBlock>[];
-    for (final child in li.children.whereType<XmlElement>()) {
+    final embedded = <MewsBlock>[];
-      _appendBlocks(child, pageUrl, blocks);
+    // List items commonly hold bare inline content (the dated-link entry
+    // pattern in spec 6.1), so direct text and inline elements form a
+    // paragraph while block-level children append as blocks.
+    final inline = <MewsInline>[];
+    for (final node in li.children) {
+      final isInlineNode = node is XmlText ||
+          (node is XmlElement && _inlineElements.contains(node.name.qualified));
+      if (isInlineNode) {
+        _appendInline(node, pageUrl, inline, embedded);
+      } else if (node is XmlElement) {
+        _appendBlocks(node, pageUrl, blocks);
+      }
     }
+    if (inline.isNotEmpty) blocks.insert(0, ParagraphBlock(inline));
+    blocks.addAll(embedded);
     items.add(MewsListItem(blocks));
   }
   return ListBlock(

app/lib/presentation/app.dart

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import '../application/controllers/reader_settings_controller.dart';
 import '../database/database.dart';
 import '../l10n/strings.dart';
 import 'reader/reader_screen.dart';
-
 /// Wires the app's dependencies together and provides them to the tree.
 /// Everything is local-first: the database is created up front and the fetch
 /// actor is the only path to the network.
@@ -63,7 +62,10 @@ class MewsApp extends StatelessWidget {
     return AppScope(
       deps: deps,
       strings: strings,
-      child: const _ThemedApp(),
+      child: StringsScope(
+        strings: strings,
+        child: const _ThemedApp(),
+      ),
     );
   }
 }

app/lib/presentation/reader/reader_screen.dart

@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ class ReaderScreen extends StatefulWidget {
 
 class _ReaderScreenState extends State<ReaderScreen> {
   final _scroll = ScrollController();
-  bool _barVisible = true;
+
-  bool _fobVisible = false;
+  /// Address bar and FOB share one visibility: on screen from the start,
+  /// hidden while the reader scrolls down, back on any upward scroll.
+  bool _chromeVisible = true;
   bool _showBrokenText = false;
   final _reportedNewPosts = <String>{};
   final _checkedSubscriptions = <String>{};
@@ -48,20 +50,13 @@ class _ReaderScreenState extends State<ReaderScreen> {
     if (!_scroll.hasClients) return;
     final position = _scroll.position;
 
-    // The bar hides when the reader scrolls down and comes back on any
+    // The bar and FOB hide when the reader scrolls down and come back on any
-    // upward scroll; it is always visible at the top of the page.
+    // upward scroll; both are always visible at the top of the page.
-    final wantBar = position.pixels <= 0 ||
+    final wantVisible = position.pixels <= 0 ||
         position.userScrollDirection == ScrollDirection.forward;
-    // The FOB appears once the page is scrolled, and stays reachable on pages
-    // that fit without scrolling.
-    final contentScrolls = position.maxScrollExtent > 0;
-    final wantFob = contentScrolls ? position.pixels > 16 : true;
 
-    if (wantBar != _barVisible || wantFob != _fobVisible) {
+    if (wantVisible != _chromeVisible) {
-      setState(() {
+      setState(() => _chromeVisible = wantVisible);
-        _barVisible = wantBar;
-        _fobVisible = wantFob;
-      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -75,14 +70,14 @@ class _ReaderScreenState extends State<ReaderScreen> {
       body: Column(
         children: [
           AnimatedSlide(
-            offset: _barVisible ? Offset.zero : const Offset(0, -1),
+            offset: _chromeVisible ? Offset.zero : const Offset(0, -1),
             duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
             curve: Curves.easeOut,
             child: AnimatedSize(
               duration: const Duration(milliseconds: 200),
               curve: Curves.easeOut,
               alignment: Alignment.topCenter,
-              child: _barVisible
+              child: _chromeVisible
                   ? const AddressBar()
                   : const SizedBox(width: double.infinity),
             ),
@@ -110,7 +105,7 @@ class _ReaderScreenState extends State<ReaderScreen> {
                       right: 0,
                       bottom: 0,
                       child: Fob(
-                        visible: _fobVisible,
+                        visible: _chromeVisible,
                         label: strings.t('reader-fob-label'),
                         onTap: () => showReaderSettingsSheet(context),
                       ),

app/test/app_widget_test.dart

@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+import 'dart:io' show File;
+
+import 'package:drift/native.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+
+import 'package:mews/application/controllers/browser_controller.dart'
+    show BrokenPage, LoadFailed;
+import 'package:mews/application/controllers/reader_settings_controller.dart'
+    show ReaderSettingsController;
+import 'package:mews/database/database.dart';
+import 'package:mews/l10n/strings.dart';
+import 'package:mews/mews/document.dart';
+import 'package:mews/mews/parser.dart';
+import 'package:mews/presentation/app.dart';
+import 'package:mews/presentation/reader/address_bar.dart';
+import 'package:mews/presentation/reader/fob.dart';
+import 'package:mews/presentation/reader/reader_screen.dart';
+import 'package:mews/presentation/reader/settings_sheet.dart';
+
+const pageSource = '''
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <title>Signal Bars</title>
+    <meta name="mews-profile" content="0.1" />
+  </head>
+  <body class="mews-green">
+    <h1>Signal Bars</h1>
+    <p>Notes on old phones.</p>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="2026-10-08-retro.html">2026-10-08 Collecting retro phones</a></li>
+      <li><a href="2026-09-21-first.html">2026-09-21 First post</a></li>
+    </ul>
+    <form action="/sign" method="post">
+      <label for="name">Your name</label>
+      <input type="text" id="name" name="name" />
+      <input type="submit" value="Sign guestbook" />
+    </form>
+  </body>
+</html>
+''';
+
+void main() {
+  late MewsDatabase db;
+  late AppDependencies deps;
+
+  setUp(() async {
+    db = MewsDatabase.test(NativeDatabase.memory());
+    deps = AppDependencies(database: db);
+  });
+
+  tearDown(() async {
+    await db.close();
+  });
+
+  Future<void> pumpApp(WidgetTester tester) async {
+    final strings = Strings();
+    strings.loadSource(File('locales/en-US/main.ftl').readAsStringSync());
+    await tester.pumpWidget(MewsApp(deps: deps, strings: strings));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+  }
+
+  testWidgets('renders a page through the full app', (tester) async {
+    await pumpApp(tester);
+
+    final page = parseSource(pageSource, 'https://example.com/index.html');
+    deps.browser.currentPage.value = page;
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(find.text('Signal Bars'), findsWidgets);
+    expect(find.textContaining('Collecting retro phones'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.textContaining('Sign guestbook'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('shows the broken-page error and its text view', (tester) async {
+    await pumpApp(tester);
+    deps.browser.currentPage.value = null;
+    deps.browser.error.value = const BrokenPage('<p>Half a page &amp; more');
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(find.textContaining('markup error'), findsOneWidget);
+    await tester.tap(find.textContaining('Show page text'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(find.textContaining('Half a page & more'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('shows the load-failed error page', (tester) async {
+    await pumpApp(tester);
+    deps.browser.error.value = const LoadFailed();
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(find.textContaining('could not be loaded'), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.textContaining('Try again'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('settings sheet changes presentation and toggles library',
+      (tester) async {
+    await pumpApp(tester);
+
+    final page = parseSource(pageSource, 'https://example.com/index.html');
+    deps.browser.currentPage.value = page;
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    showReaderSettingsSheet(tester.element(find.byType(ReaderScreen)));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    // Typeface, size, theme, colors.
+    await tester.tap(find.text('Atkinson Hyperlegible'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    await tester.tap(find.byIcon(Icons.add));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    await tester.tap(find.text('Dark'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    await tester.tap(find.text('Warm'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(deps.settings.fontScale.value, 1.125);
+    expect(deps.settings.themeMode.value, 'dark');
+    expect(deps.settings.variant.value, 'warm');
+
+    // Bookmark and subscribe the current page; both tiles sit at the bottom
+    // of the sheet, so scroll the sheet down to the end first.
+    final sheet = find.byType(Scrollable).last;
+    await tester.drag(sheet, const Offset(0, -1000));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    await tester.tap(find.text('Add bookmark'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(deps.library.isBookmarked('https://example.com/index.html'), isTrue);
+
+    await tester.tap(find.text('Subscribe to this site'));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(deps.library.isSubscribed('https://example.com/index.html'), isTrue);
+
+    // Settings survive a reload of the controller.
+    final reloaded = ReaderSettingsController(db);
+    await reloaded.load();
+    expect(reloaded.themeMode.value, 'dark');
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('the FOB hides on scroll down and returns on scroll up',
+      (tester) async {
+    await pumpApp(tester);
+
+    // A page long enough to scroll.
+    final tall = pageSource.replaceFirst(
+        '</body>',
+        '<p>Padding paragraph to make the page scroll.</p>' * 80 + '</body>');
+    final page = parseSource(tall, 'https://example.com/index.html');
+    deps.browser.currentPage.value = page;
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    Fob fob() => tester.widget<Fob>(find.byType(Fob));
+    expect(fob().visible, isTrue);
+
+    // Scrolling down hides the address bar and the FOB.
+    await tester.drag(find.byType(ListView), const Offset(0, -300));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(fob().visible, isFalse);
+    expect(find.byType(AddressBar), findsNothing);
+
+    // Scrolling up brings both back.
+    await tester.drag(find.byType(ListView), const Offset(0, 300));
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+    expect(fob().visible, isTrue);
+    expect(find.byType(AddressBar), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('reports new posts once per page', (tester) async {
+    await pumpApp(tester);
+
+    final page = parseSource(pageSource, 'https://example.com/index.html');
+    deps.library.subscribedUrls.value = {'https://example.com/index.html'};
+    deps.library.newEntries.value = {
+      'https://example.com/index.html': [
+        MewsEntry(
+            url: 'https://example.com/2026-10-08-retro.html',
+            date: DateTime(2026, 10, 8),
+            title: 'Collecting retro phones'),
+      ],
+    };
+    deps.browser.currentPage.value = page;
+    await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+
+    expect(find.textContaining('1 new post'), findsOneWidget);
+  });
+}
+
+MewsPage parseSource(String source, String url) =>
+    parseMewsPage(source: source, url: url);

app/test/parser_test.dart

@@ -164,4 +164,39 @@ void main() {
     final text = mewsPlainText(broken);
     expect(text, contains('Visible & intact.'));
   });
+
+  test('keeps bare inline content in list items and quotes', () {
+    final source = '''
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  <head><title>Bare</title><meta name="mews-profile" content="0.1" /></head>
+  <body>
+    <ul>
+      <li><a href="2026-10-08-post.html">2026-10-08 A dated link</a></li>
+      <li>Plain item</li>
+      <li>Text then a list:<ul><li>Nested</li></ul></li>
+    </ul>
+    <blockquote>Quoted words <em>verbatim</em>.</blockquote>
+  </body>
+</html>
+''';
+    final page = parseMewsPage(source: source, url: 'https://example.com/bare.html');
+    final list = page.body[0] as ListBlock;
+    final first = (list.items[0].blocks.single as ParagraphBlock).inline;
+    final link = first.single as MewsLink;
+    expect(link.href, 'https://example.com/2026-10-08-post.html');
+    expect((link.children.single as MewsText).text, '2026-10-08 A dated link');
+
+    expect((list.items[1].blocks.single as ParagraphBlock).inline.single,
+        isA<MewsText>());
+    // Text before a nested list stays with the item; the list becomes a block.
+    expect(list.items[2].blocks, hasLength(2));
+    expect(list.items[2].blocks[0], isA<ParagraphBlock>());
+    expect(list.items[2].blocks[1], isA<ListBlock>());
+
+    final quote = page.body[1] as QuoteBlock;
+    final quoteText = (quote.children.single as ParagraphBlock).inline;
+    expect(quoteText, hasLength(3));
+    expect((quoteText[0] as MewsText).text, 'Quoted words ');
+  });
 }

app/test/reader_widget_test.dart

@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ Future<MewsApp> _app() async {
 }
 
 void main() {
-  testWidgets('starts with the address bar and no FOB', (tester) async {
+  testWidgets('starts with the address bar and the FOB on screen', (tester) async {
     await tester.pumpWidget(await _app());
     await tester.pumpAndSettle();
 
     expect(find.byType(TextField), findsOneWidget);
     expect(find.text('Enter a web address'), findsOneWidget);
-    // The FOB only appears once the reader scrolls a page; without a page it
+    // The FOB is on screen from the beginning and hides only while the
-    // stays invisible and untouchable.
+    // reader scrolls down.
     final fob = tester.widget<Fob>(find.byType(Fob));
-    expect(fob.visible, isFalse);
+    expect(fob.visible, isTrue);
   });
 
   testWidgets('renders a page and follows links', (tester) async {