Re: [Evolution] Keybindings, hiding read messages, and attributions...

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 02:43, Ibraheem Umaru-Mohammed wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 00:58, Not Zed wrote:
> > On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 05:20, Ibraheem Umaru-Mohammed wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a way to set read messages as hidden by default? I get tired of
> > > changing folders and when returning, the first thing i do is hide the
> > > read messages.
> >
> > It should remember the ones you've already hidden.
>
> It does, but only for the currently running session.

Hmm, its supposed to remember the state even across sessions.

> > But you could try using a virtual folder with only unread messages in
> > it.  It will get re-synced whenever you change back to it and
> > automagically remove any newly-read messages.
>
> This is a neat. I couldn't work out how to create a virtual folder with
> only "unread" messages directly, but I was able to create a filter which
> moved read messages to another folder, which indirectly meant the
> corresponding virtual folder only had unread messages.

You just have to do 'status' 'is not' 'read', and set the vfolder
sources to 'all local and remote folders'

> > > Thirdly, is it possible to configure your attribution string when
> > > responding to messages? Just wondering if the quote string and/or the
> > > attribution strings are configurable, 
> >
> > Not that i can tell.
>
> Will it ever be, do you know?

I thought it already did, but since it doesn't i guess one day
something'll happen.  The hard part is making a user-friendly gui for it
(i.e. one that doesn't use %n and so forth).