Re: [Evolution-hackers] PIM application suite

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 23:05 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 10:38 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-04-19 at 18:52 -0400, JP Rosevear wrote: 
> > > Where we go in future is another matter.  Perhaps apps without a common
> > > "shell".  That would certainly reduce some of bonobo ui usage (no need
> > > to merge menus any more).
> > 
> > Not entirely.  You still have the embedded controls issue (like
> > cut/copy/paste menu items, or more particularly the search menu), or
> > you have to manage that yourself. (just to be pedantic).
>
> I'm not sure what you mean about the c/c/p items, but for the search
> stuff we could just add the search stuff directly (adding gtk menu items
> for the saved searches) i think.  There is also various gtk menu merging
> stuff in libegg and such.

Well if you're just going to use gtk menu merging anyway that could have been done yonks ago (once we went in proc) and really has nothing to do with or without a common shell.

Cut copy paste?  Well, its so that the bonobo cut copy paste menu calls the right widgets cut copy paste item when you activate it.  e.g. the search bar, or gtkhtml, or the message list, or the composer entries.  i.e. menu merging.

Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> Ximian Evolution and Free Software Developer

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