Re: [Evolution] has the "go to next unread message" function changed?

[Bram Mertens <bram-mertens linux be>]

On Sat, 2005-01-08 at 18:56 +0100, guenther wrote:
> > Before upgrading from evo 1.4.6 to 2.0.3 I could:
> > A: press shift+. to go to the next unread message,
> > B: press ctrl+h to select a thread,
> > C: press ctrl+k to mark it as read and finally
> > D: press shift+. to go to next unread message.
> >
> > Now in evo 2.0.3 A through C work fine [1] but D doesn't work any more.
> > Whenever a thread is selected "go to next unread message" appears to be
> > ignored. Neither the keyboard shortcut nor the menu-option work. 
[...]
> Doesn't work for me either. After "Select Thread", "Go To / Next Unread
> Messages" doesn't work. Neither accelerator, nor menu item.
>
> This actually is cause by Select Thread. Selecting multiple messages
> manually (even if it is the entire thread) and going to the next unread
> message does work fine.
>
> Please file a bug report in http://bugzilla.ximian.com, Component
> Evolution, Mailer.

Done bug # 71107 (http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=71107)
> > [1] although I now have to press Ctrl+Alt Gr+ $ (Alt Gr + $ gives the
> > right bracket "]" 
>
> Well the dot "." works for me, just like it always did. I never tried
> Shift-dot, and the bracket by far isn't accessible as easily on German
> keyboards...

Sorry I used inconsistent symbols there. I have a Belgian keyboard
(XkbModel: pc105, XkbLayout: be)
The "." is on the same button as the ";", so I have to press shift + ";"
to get a "." So in the above A should have been:
A: press shift+; to go to the next unread message,

However the dot (i.e. shift + ;) doesn't work on this system any more,
the "," still goes back to the *previous* unread message like it used to
but ";" or "." does nothing any more. I would like to be able to use
some more convenient keys as accelerator but I have been reluctant to
edit the xml files in /usr/share/evolution/2.0/ui/.

Actually after
checking /usr/share/evolution/2.0/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml I see I
was wrong twice: the accelerator isn't Ctrl + bracketright but simply
bracketright.

According to this file "period" should work as accelerator for
MailNextUnread but I can't seem to get it to work. I tested with xev to
see if the button was being reported as "period" and it is. Any idea
what I might have screwed up?

With Num Lock off the "Del" button on the numeric keypad works as
expected: the selected message is marked for deletion. With Num Lock on
the button doesn't work even though I assume it should also work as the
"period" accelerator.

Is there a way to debug this? I always start evo from a little script
which I'll include below but the logfile doesn't shows any
warnings/errors...

--- startevodebug script ---
#!/bin/bash

LOGFILE="/data/logs/evolution.log"
#echo "" >> $LOGFILE
echo -e "\n---\nDEBUG OUTPUT\n\n--- $(date +"%R %A, %B %-d, %Y") ---" >>
$LOGFILE
CAMEL_VERBOSE_DEBUG=1 evolution >> $LOGFILE 2>&1
--- end script ---

> Workaround:
>
> Selecting another mail (after step C) by arrow up/down, makes the
> accelerator to go to the Next Unread Message work again.

Thanks, I figured this out already and should have mentioned it in my
post. I added it to the bug report for future reference.

TIA

Bram
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