Re: [Evolution] [still not solved] Folder icon

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

Hi,

On Fri, 2019-10-18 at 07:39 +0200, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote:
> By the way, what is so bad (or irritating?) on that folder icon for
> you?

icons have their meanings as words have their meanings, too. Why should
I want a folder highlighted with a wrong meaning?

I'm using POP accounts only and if I pkill Evolution processes nothing
restarts any process. I do not use a desktop environment. I'm using a
windows manager only and especially avoid installing unwanted GNOME
stuff, a prominent example for this approach is that I don't allow gvfs
to be installed, since it automatically wakes up green drives in standby
modus, so those drives spin down and up again and again, which damages
the drives. I don't know why I should want to install software (on a
real-time audio workstation), that restarts processes for no reason,
even if those processes do not damage hardware, they would cause
unnecessary load.

[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ps aux | grep evolution
rocketm+    1054  0.0  0.3 1082704 26796 ?       Ssl  Oct17   0:00 /usr/lib/evolution-source-registry
rocketm+    1073  0.0  0.7 661456 60700 ?        Sl   Oct17   0:00 
/usr/lib/evolution-data-server/evolution-alarm-notify
rocketm+    1080  0.0  0.3 857672 30652 ?        Ssl  Oct17   0:00 /usr/lib/evolution-calendar-factory
rocketm+    1089  0.0  0.3 675820 28192 ?        Ssl  Oct17   0:00 /usr/lib/evolution-addressbook-factory
rocketm+   15312  0.0  0.0   7584  2576 pts/0    S+   08:18   0:00 grep evolution
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pkill evolution; sleep 2; ps aux | grep evolution; sleep 90; ps aux | grep 
evolution
rocketm+   15336  0.0  0.0   7584  2488 pts/0    S+   08:20   0:00 grep evolution
rocketm+   15339  0.0  0.0   7584  2424 pts/0    S+   08:21   0:00 grep evolution
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$

> If I would cheat on Evolution, then I'll create a new folder under On
> This Computer, then go to Edit->Preferences->Mail Preferences and
> change there the default Archive folder (ehm, this is tricky, because
> it crashes evolution, which I already fixed for 3.34.2+; workaround is
> to create the folder, close evolution, open evolution), then delete
> this new archive folder, thus the default Archive folder will point to
> a non-existent folder. I won't advice this to anyone, though. Cleaner
> workarounds would be either to point the Archive folder to some you
> usually do not see, or to change the appearance of the folder, if you
> really hate the icon.

While Evolution was running I added a new folder, then I made this
folder the account's archive folder.

$ grep Archive .config/evolution/sources/38d5f843eeab00fee18f592e1d8a2e23c71f978d.source
ArchiveFolder=folder://local/Trash_2

This works, even after deleting the folder "Trash_2" everything is still
ok. I closed Evolution and pkilled all remaining processes, then I
launched Evolution again and the icon still is a regular folder icon,
IOW the workaround does the job.

In a fit of curiosity I used the account editor to restore the defaults.
When doing so, it stays with the non-existent local/Trash_2 folder.

> By the way ][, this is solved, because it is an intentional feature.
> You are trying to "break" the feature.

I try to break the feature to give a folder a random icon?

> Well, if you really pressed Ctrl+C, then it's not closing, but killing
> it.

I first closed the Window of Evolution by a click on the close-i c o n
of the window title bar, then got the Error output, then I waited and
waited, but nothing happened, before I pushed Ctrl+C.

Regards,
Ralf