Re: [Evolution] Composing in html mode

["Paulo Cesar G. Costa" <paulo costafamily org>]

On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 22:35 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 13:10 -0700, Van Snyder wrote:
> > On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 21:59 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2020-07-23 at 12:29 -0700, Van Snyder wrote:
> > > > Too bad there isn't a statically-linked version.
> > >
> > > The future is rather stuff like Flatpak / Snap / etc.
> >
> > The buzz words are kind of a mystery. Are there more details about
> > how to install using these?
> Be careful about using things like flatpack - they work, but by their
> nature they run in a "sandbox" isolated from the system.  It's fairly
> new technology (at least for Evolution) and things are getting better,
> but sometimes you come across things, especially in interactions with
> the host system, that just don't quite work as you expect.
>
> This is not meant to put you off, it is good to try these things. But
> you should be aware that it isn't a total solution yet. There will no
> doubt be many people who now jump in and say it works fine for them
> ("all you need to do is ....").
>
> P.

I second that. Sandboxing might be a good fit for a number of
applications but not for those that inherently require a higher level of
interaction with the file system. These usually take a usability hit
when operating in a sandbox. In my experience, in order to get
attachments in the place I want, import things, attach files, point to
dot files I have, etc., required me to write so many exceptions to the
sandboxing policy that I simply quit using it.
Maybe in the future...

Paulo