Re: evolution 1.4.0 packages for Red Hat Linux 9

[Jonathan Pryor <jonpryor vt edu>]

The easy question first: to enable the Cc: field (and Bcc, and
Reply-To), open a new email message and click View->Cc Field, View->Bcc
Field, etc.  They're all in the View menu.

As for emacs keybindings, you probably need to go to the Keyboard
Shortcuts preferences panel (Applications->Preferences->Keyboard
Shortcuts), and change the "Text editing shortcuts" drop-down to Emacs.

However, this "solution" appears to be problematic, as the application
gets to handle keypresses before the text widget.  Thus, Alt+F (M-F)
opens the File menu, instead of moving forward a word, Ctrl+A selects
all text, instead of moving the cursor to the beginning of the line,
etc.  Keypresses that aren't handled by the application (e.g. Ctrl+B in
gedit) are passed through to the text widget.

In short, this seems to be a Gnome issue more than an Evolution issue. 
The only possible solution I can think of is to change the default
shortcut modifiers so they don't conflict with Emacs modifiers.  For
example, instead of using Alt+<Alfa-Num> to open a menu, use the Windows
key, e.g. Win+<Alfa-Num>.  This doesn't handle the use of Ctrl, though. 
I suspect there is no real solution to this (except, possibly, having
the text box handle keypresses before the application, which could lead
to more confusion).  Sorry.

A possible "least relearning involved" solution is to require the
introduction of a normally unused modifier (the Windows key), so Win is
used instead of Alt, and Win+Ctrl is used instead of Ctrl.  This would
allow Win+F to move forward by words (instead of Alt+F), and Win+Ctrl+E
would move to the end of the line (instead of Ctrl+E).  Certainly not
ideal, but the only solution I can think of that would permit faster
text entry (instead of needing to move the hands to use the arrow
keys).  Alas, this would likely require changes to Gtk+, so if this were
to happen, Gtk+ 2.6 (May of next year?) is the earliest it could appear.
:-(

 - Jon

On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 04:50, Chris Rouch wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 20:22, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/evolution/
> > 
> > Jeremy
> > 
> 
> > 
> Mostly this seems to be really slick, but I have one major problem and
> one gripe - with evolution, not with the packaging. 
> 
> The problem: The emacs keybindings seem to have disappeared. Is there a
> way to get them back? I've looked in the control panel and gconf-editor
> but don't see anything appropriate.
> 
> The gripe: The only way I could find to get a CC: line that wasn't in my
> address book was to use gconf-editor to re-enable the CC input box. Did
> I miss something or is this deliberate? 
> 
> Thanks and regards, 
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
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