Re: [Evolution] ambiguity of "N" hotkey

["Jonathan F. Dill" <dill umbi umd edu>]

If no message is selected, it goes to the first folder name that begins
with "n."  If you have selected a message within a folder, it goes to
the next unread message within that folder like it says under Actions ->
Go To -> Next Unread.  I have to admit this falls into the annoying
category of, "evolution is 'broken' because I used to use some other
e-mail client that could do that therefore so should evolution."

Is there a way to add external plug-ins, applets, or scripts to
evolution, or drag menu items onto the toolbar?  Does any such API
exist?  That is the type of function that I would expect further down
the development road, but hopefully it would allow people to develop
their own plug-ins and applets for "Everybody's Pet My Old E-mail Client
Used to Do That Therefore Evolution Should Do That Too!"  Naturally, you
would have to tell people to bug the plug-in developers and not ximian
if they have a problem with one of these custom apps.  Then you could
set up a plugin registry like the one for GIMP where people could get at
these apps and stop complaining about it already.

I think trying to incorporate every feature that some other e-mail
client has is a very bad idea and would make evolution disgustingly
bloated.  I think a better approach is to set up a plug-in API so people
can add all of the crazy functions they want and deal with the bloat but
it does not affect everybody else.  This also keeps the code from
getting poluted with a bunch of extraneous crap.  This idea has worked
very well for several applications like XMMS and GIMP.  But hey, I
haven't even looked at the code yet, so maybe the API already exists and
I have no idea what I am talking about.

On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 21:51, Not Zed wrote:
> Doens't it goto the first/next message who's from starts with 'n'?
>
> On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 06:57, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> > The N hotkey has been removed.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 16:52, Jonathan F. Dill wrote:
> > > When I just open a folder and hit "N" it pops to the next folder.  When
> > > I select a message and hit "N" it goes to the next unread message. 
> > > Ideally, I think "next folder" and "next messsage" should use different
> > > hot keys.
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > "Jonathan F. Dill" (dill umbi umd edu)
> > > UMBI CARB IT Coordinator
> > > Experimental Support Site http://concept.umbi.umd.edu
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > evolution maillist  -  evolution ximian com
> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
> > -- 
> > Jeffrey Stedfast
> > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc.
> > fejj ximian com  - www.ximian.com
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > evolution maillist  -  evolution ximian com
> > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> evolution maillist  -  evolution ximian com
http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
-- 
"Jonathan F. Dill" (dill umbi umd edu)
UMBI CARB IT Coordinator
Experimental Support Site http://concept.umbi.umd.edu