Re: [Evolution] ambiguity of "N" hotkey

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

We already know this, but creating a scripting API is not exactly
trivial. We just had a discussion about this the other day on
evolution-hackers ximian com

Jeff

On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 13:14, Jonathan F. Dill wrote:
> 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.
> > > >
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