Re: [Evolution] New Evolution installation -- three short questions

[Stan Goodman <stan goodman hashkedim com>]

On Sat, 2008-01-12 at 20:14 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 01:17 +0200, Stan Goodman wrote:
> > 1) I've scanned the User's Guide and read parts that I needed at the
> > moment.  I'm now in the process of building a system of filters; for my
> > purposes, apparently will need to use the "Scheme Language" mentioned
> > exactly twice in the Guide, with no indication of where to find
> > documentation on the Language. Nor have I been able to locate anything
> > through Google. Where can I learn something about it?
>
> Scheme is a descendant (or variant) of Lisp. Google's very first hit for
> "scheme" is http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/projects/scheme/

I had no idea that Scheme was not a scripting language specific to
Evolution (the User's Guide gives no hint one way or the other). Had I
seen this hit, I would probably have ignored it. "Scheme" means so many
things.

I searched on something like <evolution scheme language> (with another
term or two. I did that because searching for a common word like
"scheme" alone seemed hopeless. The same would have been true for a
search on "evolution" alone. Naming progams for common words is not the
cleverest nor the most helpful idea.

> Perhaps you meant "how do I use Scheme in Evo"? Can't help you there I'm
> afraid.

The User's Guide doesn't know either. I am  hoping that the page you
have been kind enough to show me will help me with that, or I will find
appropriate documentation.

> > 2) In the Preferences, I have specified 24-hour time display. Yet the
> > arrival times shown in the message-list window appear as AM/PM. What
> > have I left out, and how can I change this?

Is it possible that AM/PM is hardwired? Doesn't seem likely.

> > 3) Is it possible to Select all the messages in the inbox for deletion
> > in one action? Or is it necessary to scroll down line by line and delete
> > them individually? =;(
>
> Ctrl-A selects all messages in the current folder (actually in the
> current view of the folder e.g. only Unread, only Recent etc.). It
> doesn't seem to have a menu equivalent, oddly enough. To get every
> message in the folder, make sure you have All Messages in the Show
> dropdown, then hit Ctrl-A.

Perhaps it's in the User's Guide, which I intend to read more
thoroughly. Probably other options are also found there, like selecting
subsets of the message list. Thanks again.

Additional question (I joined this list only last night}: Is it possible
to configure the list so that it is THE LIST'S address that comes up in
replying, rather than the composer's?

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel