Re: [Evolution] Evo enhancements or KDE issues?

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> I'm running RH 9 with KDE 3.1 and have a couple of annoyances with Evo
> (1.4.5) which I'm not sure are Evolution or KDE issues. I've searched
> Bugzilla, and not found a reference.
>
> 1. Each time I go into a folder, there is no remembrance of which was
> the last message selected, so in folders with large numbers of messages,
> I have to scroll all the way to the end of the message list. Obviously,
> if there are new messages in the folder, I can use "." to jump to the
> first unread message, but this is not always an option. Does this only
> happen on KDE, or do others using GNOME see this?

Evolution does not recognize the last selected message across sessions.
After startup, no message is displayed and the list view is scrolled to
the top.

To have my mails sorted nicely and see the new mails first, I sort my
mails by date *descending*. Therefore, new mails are on top, where I see
them first.


> 2. Window sizes and positions are not retained across sessions - when I
> open a message (either to read or compose), it opens is a small window,
> and I have to resize each time. Doesn't Evolution remember positions, or
> is this a KDE issue?

The main window does recognize its size (stored in GConf). The Message
Viewer and Composer do not across settings. The Viewer does during a
session, so resizing is only needed once. The Composer always starts
with its default dimensions.

This is being discussed to be changed for 2.0 and sizes should be
recognized, AFAIK.

The positions are not forced by Evolution and therefore up to your
window manager.

...guenther


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