Re: [Evolution] Msg Selection

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 12:49 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 09:20 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: 
> > On Wed, 2010-06-16 at 07:30 +0100, Gavin Simpson wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 22:44 -0400, Matthew Barnes wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-06-15 at 21:31 -0400, Philippe LeCavalier wrote:
> > > > > If you click a folder Evo forces the auto-selection of the newest
> > > > > unread message and worked back from there.
> > > >
> > > > It's not that sophisticated.  It remembers the highlighted message ID
> > > > and automatically selects that when you return to the folder.  If that
> > > > message doesn't exist or isn't visible, it either selects the first in
> > > > the list or none at all, depending on the context.
> > >
> > > Is that configurable in any way? I like my newest mail to be at the end
> > > (bottom) of a list. The "jump to first in list" is mildly annoying in
> > > such circumstances, especially in folders with a lot of mail. Now I
> > > know /why/ this is happening I can try to work around it; hadn't
> > > realised that that was what was causing it.
> >
> > I'm in the same boat. I've complained about it in the past (so long ago
> > I can't even remember) but to no effect, I suspect because the devels
> > probably use the default "newest at the top" layout. In my view the
> > algorithm should be:
> >
> > Show the last selected message if it still exists
> > else show the oldest unread message in the folder, if any
> > else show the newest message in the folder
> >
> > This is independant of the sorting order.
> >
> > poc
> Patrick,
>
> That is /exactly/ what I not only want but would expect as a logical
> sorting. To do the opposite -which is the default in Evo, goes against
> logic. We always advocate/preach on this list about logical order,
> namely top vs. bottom posting and the like, yet we're faced with this,
> rather contradicting "flow".
>
> Assuming there is already been a request for this is there anything
> that can be done to push that through?

Wish I knew. I'm not a devel and have no insight into how their minds
work :-) In fact I thought I had filed a BZ report a long time ago but I
can't seem to find it. Feel free to file it yourself and post the BZ
number here for others to add comments.

poc