Re: [Evolution] Is there a news reader planned?

[NotZed <notzed helixcode com>]

But why would you even want to?

They would have to be rewritten to use wombat etc, and so in
the end would just be a rewrite of the calendar component in
evolution.  Conceivably you could make the calendar component run
in a separate window - thats the whole point of components - should
you feel the need to run it in a separate window.

 Michael

> But will we still be able to use the individual gnome-pim programs 
> to access the Evolution calendar and address book?  I sure hope so.
>
> > Bzzzt :-)
> >
> > Evolution does not use gnome-pim for its calendar part.  It took the
> > original Gnomecal sources and modified them to fit into the Evolution
> > framework.  The original code base is the same, but has diverged a lot
> > to its current state.
> >
> > [The fact that everything you see inside the Evolution shell is a
> > component is completely orthogonal.]
> >
> >   Federico
>
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