Re: [Evolution] Evolution is dying

[N B Day <nbday fastmail fm>]

On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 16:10 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 20:30 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-05-29 at 12:32 -0500, Jimmy Montague wrote:
> > > I've got Evolution open in front of me now and there IS 
> > > no Help>About that I can locate. Got a hint? If you do, lay it on me.
>
> > > Of course, I'm back on a Ubuntu system
> > Version info could be helpful. Either Ubuntu replaced the string by
> > something else, or the main application menu is hidden.
>
> Probably the later, Ubuntu likes to hack Gtk to force weird behavior.  
>
> Perhaps maybe the Help/About is available in the "App" menu in the GNOME
> top-bar when Evolution is selected. 

Exactly.  In the Mac-like "global menu," which IMHO is a terrible
design error but easily rectified with the unity-tweak-tool to give
normal application menus (in versions 14.04 and later).  The OP should
indeed look in the top bar.

> Beats me, I don't now [this is just another thing Ubuntu breaks].
Copying Apple *always* breaks stuff.

Convergence is interesting though.  Eagerly awaiting an Ubuntu tablet
here so I can get a *real* MUA on an easy-to-carry platform with an
interface I already know and (more or less) love.

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N. B. Day
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