On Sun, 2013-06-23 at 12:47 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote: > First, if you have comments about Evolution, then you really need to > tell us what version of it you are using.
The OP replied using Evolution 3.4.4-2 ;). Sorry, I won't close and open Evolution again, so I can't mark following quotes to delete them: > Things change rapidly and > what you are commenting on may not be relevant any more. > > > > > I have numerous problems trying to edit things in emails I am trying to > > send (addresses, subject lines, the content of the message). Simple > > typing works fine, but any type of cut and paste operation seems to have > > strange and unpredictable results. I realize this isn't very helpful, > > but it is obvious that the editor is trying to be smart about things > > like email address, signature blocks, and previous messages in a mail > > thread. What it is trying to do is unclear, > > The issues is to do with replying to emails that are in HTML format, and > in particular the HTML that some clients create. It is helpful to > understand HTML, once you do that, you can sort of understand why things > are happening. Specifically when inserting text, the pasted text can > become part of the original HTML structure - if nested DIV blocks are > involved, the placing of the inserted text can appear to be random. > > This happens even if the reply you are typing is in plain text (i.e. not > HTML) - this is because the underlying editor works on HTML formatting > if there are HTML codes in the text, it just then presents the text in a > plain text rendering. (That may be a simplification, but it's how it > appears.) You can often see dotted boxes in the text when you are > editing it - these are the DIV (or whatever) blocks that the editor is > dealing with. > > The solution I have found is to make sure that you press return a few > times where you want to insert text to make sure there is a blank line > or two to insert the text into - the editor is intelligent enough to > "re-HTML" the text when you do that, but not, apparently, when you add > text. > > In general though, I don't find it to be that much of a problem - I > write hundreds of emails almost exclusively in Evolution and don't often > have problems. > > > so operations like trying to > > add paste an additional email address into one of the address lines have > > strange results, especially when address already exist in a line. > > There are strict formats for the address lines - make sure you aren't > accidentally pasting addressing into the middle of other addresses - you > just have to be aware of where the cursor is. > > > Trying > > to paste text after the signature block seems impossible (it always ends > > up in signature block), > > Good. The signature block comes at the end - any text after the "-- " > *is* part of the signature block. > > > and trying to copy text from text that was > > pasted into a message often results in all the previously pasted text > > disappearing. Personally, I would be happier with a dumb editor that > > just accepts whatever text I paste into it, > > There is a plugin for an external editor, look under Edit -> Plugins > > Things may also get better when the WebKit editor gets integrated. > > > > > > I am looking for a server-centric mail client to replace evolution, so > > that I don't need to rebuild my address book, signatures, etc. every > > time I use a different computer, but have not yet found one that is > > acceptable. > > Try gmail. > > P. > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > [email protected] > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
