On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:51, Janne Mor�n wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 00:32, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 14:31, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > Actions->Expunge in Evolution is the same as Netscape/Mozilla's Compact > > > Folder function. > > > > > > Just a different name ;-) > > > > Sometimes, different isn't better, it's just confusing. > > But in this case, 'expunge' is a vastly better name. I had no idea what > this 'Compact Folder' function was supposed to do in this discussion > until Mr. Steadfast pointed it out above...
Yet again showing that we all see the world thru the lens of our own experience. Being a programmer, I knew that index files need to be compressed (compacted) occsionally. So, I deduced that Expunge means the same thing, even though "expunge" really means "To erase or strike out" or "To eliminate completely", and not "compress". However, my wife (not a programmer), thinking of the dictionary definition of "expunge", didn't make the connection. -- +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "(Women are) like compilers. They take simple statements | | and make them into big productions." | | Pitr Dubovitch | +------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
