Re: [Evolution] Signature Files and HTML by default

[Garrett Mickelson <garrett penguincomputing com>]

Fair enough. What are your thoughts on incorporating a signature editor
into the druid though? Does that seem like a valid idea, be it a low
priority one?

Garrett

On 17 May 2001 15:45:09 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> I don't like this way at all. I think that the code converts the
> signature to HTML if it needs to be in HTML format, and if it doesn't
> then it should be easy to do.
>
> Jeff
>
> On 17 May 2001 07:11:44 -0700, Garrett Mickelson wrote:
> > fejj,
> > Would it not be a good idea to have Evolution's mail account druid
> > search the user's home directory for a .signature file and then if
> > found, show it in an editable dialog box with their current signature,
> > and if not found the dialog box is empty. If the dialog box is empty,
> > then they can create a signature, or leave it blank. When saved it
> > creates both a ~/evolution/.signature_<account1>.txt and
> > ~/evolution/.signature_<account1>.html. For each new account, it creates
> > two new signature files. Delete an account and those signature files are
> > removed. 
> >
> > Garrett Mickelson
> >
> > On 16 May 2001 15:31:23 -0400, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > > On 16 May 2001 10:12:31 +0200, Juan Alonso Hernández wrote:
> > > > I've reported this problem earlier and it seems to have been fixed
> > > > partially:
> > > >
> > > > This happens when you have checked HTML by default, and you have
> > > > previously selected a .txt file for signature: 
> > > > behavior it had before: 
> > > > you tried to compose a new message and evo warns he can't find file
> > > > <you-had-selected>.html. The new window message opens without any
> > > > signature. 
> > > >
> > > > behavior it has now:
> > > > you try to compose a new message and evo warns he can't find file
> > > > <you-had-selected>.html but when the new message window opens it has the
> > > > signature.
> > > >
> > > > I think evo should try to open the file you just specified, or maybe evo
> > > > should save a copy of the signature always in html and parse it to .txt
> > > > when necessary.
> > >
> > > Except that Evolution doesn't create the signature files, you do.
> > >
> > > There is a fix for this and I presume that it's currently using it if
> > > it's attaching the signature...
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
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Garrett Mickelson, RHCE         Linux Support Specialist
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