Re: Startup strangeness

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

On 2009.09.23 15:20, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> On Sep 23, 2009, at  1:58 PM, Jack wrote:
[snipped even more]
> > Terminal shows:
> >   bw_notebook_switch_page_cb from  to file:///var/mail/jack
> >   balsa_window_real_close_mbnode from file:///var/mail/jack to NULL
> >   config_save saving CurrentMailboxURL = (null)
> > which shows opening the inbox and then it seems something is  
> > forgetting the current mailbox before saving it when I exit (either  
> > with File/Quit or just closing the window).
>
> So the last two lines appear when you exit?  Somehow the processes  
> involved in exiting seem to be carried out in a different order on  
> your box from mine.
Yes.  Is it worth figuring out what the difference is either in actual  
behavior or in the cause, or is it probably too convoluted and not  
worth the effort?
> A simple fix would be to remove the code that clears  
> balsa_app.current_mailbox_url in balsa_window_real_close_mbnode,  
> although that would mean a small change in behavior: on restart,  
> Balsa would show the last mailbox used, even if the user had closed  
> them all before exiting--but that could always be documented as a  
> design decision!

Wouldn't balsa_app.current_mailbox_url get cleared anyway when the user  
explicitly closes the last mailbox?

Can balsa tell whether it's trying to close the window due to explicit  
user action or program exit?

Anyway, that's probably a reasonable approach - and how often would  
someone close all mailboxes before exiting, but having "open inbox on  
startup" set so the inbox would be displayed anyway?  Actually, in that  
case, would the last viewed mailbox also get opened?  That might seem a  
bit stranger than simply not having Balsa ever start up without opening  
at least one mailbox.