On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 08:58 -0500, Matthew Barnes wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 10:52 +0200, Stan Goodman wrote: > > I had no idea that Scheme was not a scripting language specific to > > Evolution (the User's Guide gives no hint one way or the other). Had I > > seen this hit, I would probably have ignored it. "Scheme" means so many > > things. > > > > I searched on something like <evolution scheme language> (with another > > term or two. I did that because searching for a common word like > > "scheme" alone seemed hopeless. The same would have been true for a > > search on "evolution" alone. Naming progams for common words is not the > > cleverest nor the most helpful idea. > > Documentation for the query language has been requested many times in > the past and still, I'm rather embarrassed to say, to my knowledge the > only "documentation" for it is the source code itself. And even the > source code doesn't have a nice readable comment or grammer to study. > > Obviously this is a part of Evolution that desperately needs documented.
No comment. > > > > 2) In the Preferences, I have specified 24-hour time display. Yet the > > > > arrival times shown in the message-list window appear as AM/PM. What > > > > have I left out, and how can I change this? > > > > Is it possible that AM/PM is hardwired? Doesn't seem likely. > > The "Time Format" preference under the "Calendar and Tasks" section only > applies to Calender and Tasks. The timestamp for mail messages uses a > date and time format appropriate to your current locale. If you're > using English, try switching to en_GB (British English). That's very Microsoft-like. I can only wonder what when through the programmer's mind in making the distinction, and what he thinks system preferences are for. I will switch to en_GB, unless that triggers another diktat by deciding that I really want a British dictionary or something of the sort. > > Additional question (I joined this list only last night}: Is it possible > > to configure the list so that it is THE LIST'S address that comes up in > > replying, rather than the composer's? > > Yes, use Message -> Reply to List (Ctrl+L). > > Hope this helps, > Matthew Barnes It does. Thank you... > > Stan Goodman > Qiryat Tiv'on > Israel > _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
