Re: [Evolution] Small "quirklets" in Evolution 1.0.8

["Dan O'Reilly" <dano process com>]

On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 09:29, Benjamin Kahn wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-30 at 10:47, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
> > Running this on RH 8.0, just switching over from Windows 2000 and
> > Eudora.  I've noticed several little quirks, some of which are quite
> > annoying to me, that I hope somebody can comment on/correct:
> >
> > 1. If I click on the same message 10 times, I get 10 windows with that
> > message on it.  On a crowded screen, it's often more useful to get to
> > any window you opened simply by clicking on the message again.
>
>       Actually, that's a very good idea.  Opening a message window twice with
> the same email should just raise the first message window to the top. 
> You should file a bug about this at:
>
> http://bugzilla.ximian.com/
>
> and maybe someone will add that.
>
> > 2. When reading messages, I find that I can't select and cut/copy text. 
> > REALLY limiting, when you're trying to cut-and-paste from an email
> > message into something else.
>
>       Actually, this has been made clearer in the new version of Evolution. 
> But cut and paste works already -- just using the UNIX style of cut and
> paste, not the Windows style.  To "copy" some text, simply select it. 
> That'll add it to the clipboard.  To paste, simply click the middle
> mouse button.  If you don't have a middle mouse button, click the left
> and the right mouse buttons at the same time.  

That doesn't work with, for example, Mozilla.  I was trying to create a
bugzilla report as you suggested above, and I couldn't cut/past text
into Mozilla.

> > 3. How can I delete a message and have it move into a trash folder, as
> > opposed to simply leaving it in the inbox with a line drawn thru it? 
> > That just leaves the thing cluttered.  I know all about expunging
> > messages, but that's not what I want (at least, it's not a total
> > solution).
>
>       View -> Hide Deleted Messages
>       Your deleted messages show up in the trash now already.
> -- 
> Benjamin Kahn <xkahn zoned net>
>
>
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