Re: [Evolution] Confirmation dialogue for Empty Trash

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

I added the empty_trash key by hand using gconf-editor and it worked. It
also added the tick-box to the Mail Preferences menu. Cool :-)

This problem might be specific to the FC2 build, which I'm using on two
independent machines. They both exhibit the same bug. I'll file it
anyway.

poc

On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 16:09 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> *shrug*  i guess its a bug then, file it in bugzilla.ximian.com
>
> I can assure you it references that key, and there are two separate
> keys, one for empty trash and one for expunge.
>
> On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 23:47 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> > There's no such key. The only thing close
> > is /apps/evolution/mail/prompts/expunge, which is set. Why would I want
> > to confirm Expunge but not confirm Empty Trash, notionally a more
> > dangerous operation since it can affect a lot of folders? Also, I see a
> > config setting for Confirm Expunge (under Tools->Settings->Mail
> > Preferences) but none for Confirm Empty Trash, so I assumed that setting
> > it automatically affects both actions, as happens in Evo 1.4.
> >
> > poc
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 09:57 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > > You've probably told it that you dont want to see the dialogue again,
> > > in which case it does it without asking.
> > >
> > > see gconf key
> > > /apps/evolution/mail/prompts/empty_trash
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 17:06 -0400, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> > > > When I Expunge (Ctrl-E) a folder, I get the confirmation dialgue, which
> > > > is what I want. However when I do an Actions->Empty Trash, Evo just
> > > > charges ahead and does it without asking. This would appear to be wrong.
> > > >
> > > > Evo 1.5.8 on Fedora Core 2.
> > > >
> > > > poc
> > > >
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> Michael Zucchi
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>
> Ximian Evolution and
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>
>
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