Re: New IDL

[Ian Campbell <ijc25 cam ac uk>]

> > You have a way to construct a message and send it, but a way to just pop
> > up the balsa compose window would arguably be more useful.
> > 
> 
> i want to be able to send mail from my pilot, ence no user interaction :)
> hum. that needs some thought

might as well have both then, leave what you have and add another function
to popup the compse window. Perhaps an interface which refers to the app
could contain this and the check all function etc.

BTW - the attachments attribute is a string, perhaps it needs to be a list
(sequence in CORBA parlance I think) of strings, or even a list of octet
sequences or something?

The same could apply to the body and stuff, an octet sequence might be
more useful.. Might be worth looking at Bonobo::PersistStream and friends
- it would make sense to reuse stuff if it fits, in the future I hope to
make BalsaMessage embed Bonobo controls for displaying attachments, so the
dependncy on bonobo isn't a huge problem (since bonobo will be part of
core gnome by the time that happens..)

Whats the CORBA support on a palm like? or do you use a conduit which then
speaks CORBA to balsa?

Ian.