Re: [Evolution] Search bar problem

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj ximian com>]

Sounds like your installation got horked.

cp $prefix/share/evolution/1.4/default_user/searches.xml ~/evolution/

That should fix it.

Jeff

On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 08:30, Seth Williamson wrote:
> I am using Evolution 1.4.5 in a Libranet distro, version 2.8.1. 
> Libranet is a Debian-based distro.
>
> In both this version and the 1.4.3 on this same distro, the search bar 
> above the message list is displaying incorrectly.  It may be because 
> I've changed some display option, but if that's the case, I can't tell 
> what it is.
>
> I used to be able to type in a search string in the text-entry area, 
> then choose from the drop-down menu to search for that string in the 
> body of the message, the TO field or the FROM field or whatever.  You 
> would then see all messages that contained that search string.
>
> Now, I am getting the word "advanced" in the drop-down menu.  There are 
> no other choices, and the drop-down menu doesn't drop down.  I'm unable 
> to change it to a given search field, such as TO or FROM or MESSAGE BODY 
> or whatever, and I can't type any text in the bar above the message list.
>
> I am trying to discover whether this is a general problem with Evolution 
> or whether it's just my installation.  Apparently at least some others 
> in Libranet are seeing it display the way it used to.  I greatly miss 
> the ability to search messages in the old way, and would like to find 
> out what's going on here.
>
>
> Seth Williamson
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