Re: [Evolution] Attaching files via KDE servicemenus

[Des Dougan <des DouganConsulting com>]

On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 19:43 +0100, guenther wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 14:37 +0530, Harish Krishnaswamy wrote:
> > On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 21:31 -0800, Des Dougan wrote:
>
> > > It works fine, with one minor caveat. When used, it opens a new mail
> > > compose window, putting "A file is attached." in the Subject field,
> > > which is helpful, as the Attachment Bar does not display as it does when
> > > attaching manually. Adding another file from the compose window causes
> > > it to show OK.
> > >
> > > Is this a bug, or a feature? Is there a key combination to cause the
> > > Attachment Bar to be displayed (there doesn't seem to be a menu option)?
>
> Yes, this is a bug. The file is attached, but not shown by the UI. :-/
>
> A related UI issue you just mentioned, a pet peeve of mine:
>   http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=323127

Indeed - very annoying...

> > It is indeed a bug :-).
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316937.
> >  Observed only in Evolution 2.4.2 and already fixed in Evolution
> > 2.4.2.1. I strongly recommend you to upgrade as this is a very critical
> > fix.
>
> Yes, this is a critical issue.
>
> No, Evo 2.4.2 is *not* the only version with this bug. This bug is valid
> in *all* Evo 2.4.x versions including 2.4.2. The bug is fixed since
> 2.4.2.1.
>
>
> Des, sorry for not getting back to you earlier. I was perfectly aware of
> the issue that just bit you. But I wanted to talk to Harish about it
> first. Now he stepped ahead... *sigh*

No problem, Guenther. I appreciate your response.

> Note: I recommend to update to 2.4.2.1 immediately. Everyone who happens
> to run a 2.4.x version should do this. Your distro vendor most likely
> has updated packages available.
>
> ...guenther

No 2.4.2.1 for SuSE 10 yet, officially or via the apt repositories. I'll
keep an eye out for it.

Regards,

Des
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