At 11:27 PM +0200 6/30/02, Vadim Zeitlin wrote: >On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 19:10:14 -0700 Ujwal Sathyam ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >US> >1. should we have one global "Search results" or several of them? >US> > >US> > -> probably several as otherwise you wouldn't be able to search >US> > for a few things in parallel >US> > >US> >2. which settings should it use and, in fact, should the virtual >US> > folders appear in the tree? >US> >US> Yes > > This doesn't make sense without an answer to (1) as well :-) So, let me >rephrase it: how many virtual folders should appear in the tree? 0, 1, >many?
Sorry for being cryptic :-). IMHO, the answer to the above question is many. If we have just a global search results, would that be really useful for the work involved? > >US> > -> the manually created ones probably should, but the dynamic >US> > ones like "Search results" shouldn't? and inherit the properties >US> > of the folder(s) being searched? >US> >US> I agree. > > As this is the only proposal so far, I guess this is what we'll do :-) > >US> >3. what do we want to use the virtual folders for except for this? >US> >US> This by itself is a pretty powerful use. I would use it to separate >US> my mail from multiple accounts without having to move the mail to >US> separate folders. > > No, it wouldn't allow it. See my reply to Thomas: I propose the 1st kind >virtual folders and you need the 2nd kind ones for this. Yes, I see your point now. > >US> > Does anyone see a coherent way to treat virtual folders in M? >US> >US> I really like the implementation of virtual folders in Evolution. You >US> specify search criteria and source folders, and you get a view. > > I believe Evolution uses the 2nd kind ones, doesn't it? Yes, it does, and it works pretty nicely. I also know that the implementation was quite difficult, particularly when synchronizing updates across several virtual and real folders. ujwal ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Mahogany-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mahogany-developers
