On Wed, 2002-06-12 at 08:35, Not Zed wrote:
> > In Evolution, I seem only to be able to type in aliases **which are in > > the main 'root' 'Contacts' folder** (i.e. the folder found above 'Inbox' > > in the folder-tree window) -- meaning that I apparently cannot access > > (by typing, anyway) any alias (or whatever they are called in Evolution) > > which I have squirrelled-away **in a sub-folder of 'Contacts'**. > > Not very useful -- and I was wondering if there was something I wasn't > > aware of here? > > The feature to be able to auto-complete from multiple contact folders is > available in the development series, already. That's great, but I'll stick to .debs from debian.org mirrors for now... > > I do like the feature that aliases with multiple possible email > > addresses have a *context-menu* which can be dropped-down to chose which > > particular address to use; but still, the ability to view an alias > > expanded into the email address it refers to is, IMO something GOOD, > > which should be aimed at as a feature -- regardless of other > > considerations. > > Well, I would agree here, however the gui gods have decided to just copy > the way outlook works, and not expand full email addresses or group > lists. I don't like it either, but i can't see it being changed. Ya. Let Microsoft set the pace... Good decision. > > In creating a *'Contact List' (your name for it) alias* (i.e. an alias > > which is itself a list of _email_ aliases), one should be able to select > > from a menu/dialog/window of aliases, from any subfolder -- besides also > > being able to type something in, too; [and should be able to at least > > refer to the original list lying underneath the 'dialog' window. > > Drag-n-drop was referred-to, but not really possible(?) with overlapping > > windows]; > > Its not really a list of email aliases. Its a list of email addresses, > which is probably not the best way to do it anyway. If youse guys can see fit to code in lists of aliases, people like me will surrender-up our firstborn to you. > Anyway, the way the interface works, you either type the addresses in > manually, or you drag them from a contacts window. Since the contact > list editor is a fairly small window, performing the drag and drop isn't > that difficult. Although the default window manager options of bringing > clicked windows to the front basically make it unusable - which is why i > dont use it that way. You could try submitting a bug report on the > contacts module about this on bugzilla.ximian.com. I just might do that. > > The problem is the 'Contacts' *subfolders'* lack of 'global > > availability' of what is inside them. > > > > Again: am I missing something here? A conffile setting? > > Ok. Well as above, this is addressed in the 'next version'. 1.1.x or > 1.2 whenever it finally comes out. When might that be coming out? BTW: I don't know where this is coming from, but today I am having this problem where if I hold down the <shift> key and press an <arrow> (down? right?) past a Normal/Preformat block, the focus suddenly jumps to the header fields; usually the 'Subject:'. Extremely annoying! >:/ > So, saying 'just like Eudora' doesn't mean much to any of us, for the > most part. Surprising. I thought many 'power' users preferred Eudora to dreck Outlook. This has never been a 'numbers game' for me. -- grok. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
