Re: [evolution-patches] new new button

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 12:10 -0400, Dan Winship wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 22:57, Not Zed wrote:
> > Can we have a callback data that maps to the view?  This will give us
> > context so we can do things like "new folder" and set the parent
> > folder to the current folder (or group for calendars/contacts), since
> > the component itself isn't any use in determining this (if you have
> > multiple windows open).
>
> Hm... Well, currently it uses the CORBA requestCreateItem call even for
> creating your own items. You could change it to just emit a signal
> instead in that case, and then you can hook up to it however you want
> to.
But the problem is currently it goes on the mail component.  So if you emit a signal for this you'll get the one request mapped into a signal emission for each  opened view, which isn't really what you want.

(although maybe i misread where it should go, or where it can go, or what you meant by 'currently').

Michael Zucchi <notzed ximian com> Ximian Evolution Software Developer

Novell, Inc.