Re: [Evolution] Selecting multiple messages buggy

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

Mabe things changed in the WindowsXP version of Outlook then, because we copied the selection semantics directly out of Outlook back in 2000.

Jeff

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 15:26 +0100, D. D. Brierton wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-04-27 at 16:26, Tony Earnshaw wrote:
>
> > Naaah ... *nothing* utility from no-one works like that - or you detail
> > which one.
>
> That's not correct. This is definitely how Windows XP works -- I just
> checked. In Windows explorer, switch the view to list mode, and you can
> select multiple discontinuous groups of files just as Andrew descrived:
> click to select the first, shift-click to select the end of the first
> group, control-click to select the beginning of the next group,
> shift-control-click to select the end of that group and so on.
>
> > As soon as you choose <shift-point> that's for good and all.
> > You want to add more to the list? You use <ctrl-point>, one by one.
> > 
> > That's how it works, or you get the OS changed. Even Windows works that
> > way ... 
>
> No, it doesn't.
>
> Best, Darren
>
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