We already know this, but creating a scripting API is not exactly trivial. We just had a discussion about this the other day on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jeff On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 13:14, Jonathan F. Dill wrote: > If no message is selected, it goes to the first folder name that begins > with "n." If you have selected a message within a folder, it goes to > the next unread message within that folder like it says under Actions -> > Go To -> Next Unread. I have to admit this falls into the annoying > category of, "evolution is 'broken' because I used to use some other > e-mail client that could do that therefore so should evolution." > > Is there a way to add external plug-ins, applets, or scripts to > evolution, or drag menu items onto the toolbar? Does any such API > exist? That is the type of function that I would expect further down > the development road, but hopefully it would allow people to develop > their own plug-ins and applets for "Everybody's Pet My Old E-mail Client > Used to Do That Therefore Evolution Should Do That Too!" Naturally, you > would have to tell people to bug the plug-in developers and not ximian > if they have a problem with one of these custom apps. Then you could > set up a plugin registry like the one for GIMP where people could get at > these apps and stop complaining about it already. > > I think trying to incorporate every feature that some other e-mail > client has is a very bad idea and would make evolution disgustingly > bloated. I think a better approach is to set up a plug-in API so people > can add all of the crazy functions they want and deal with the bloat but > it does not affect everybody else. This also keeps the code from > getting poluted with a bunch of extraneous crap. This idea has worked > very well for several applications like XMMS and GIMP. But hey, I > haven't even looked at the code yet, so maybe the API already exists and > I have no idea what I am talking about. > > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 21:51, Not Zed wrote: > > Doens't it goto the first/next message who's from starts with 'n'? > > > > On Wed, 2002-05-15 at 06:57, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote: > > > The N hotkey has been removed. > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 16:52, Jonathan F. Dill wrote: > > > > When I just open a folder and hit "N" it pops to the next folder. When > > > > I select a message and hit "N" it goes to the next unread message. > > > > Ideally, I think "next folder" and "next messsage" should use different > > > > hot keys. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "Jonathan F. Dill" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > UMBI CARB IT Coordinator > > > > Experimental Support Site http://concept.umbi.umd.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > -- > > > Jeffrey Stedfast > > > Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution > -- > "Jonathan F. Dill" ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > UMBI CARB IT Coordinator > Experimental Support Site http://concept.umbi.umd.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
