On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 10:46, grok wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-06-13 at 05:49, Not Zed wrote: > > > You can manually specify the list of folders to use. So you can already > > do this, albeit with a couple of extra clicks, one for each folder you > > want to search. > > Surely you're not serious. People like me have dozens and HUNDREDS of > subfolders to be searched. Brute force clicking is not an option, > really.
If you have hundreds of folders, it seems you already have an information managment problem, and i dont think saving a few clicks is really going to solve any of it. > With other programs, global searches were easily performed of course -- > but vfolders are a clear advance on these, and I am happy to use them. > However, IMO, the one-step ability to pin-point the 'root' of an > otherwise 'global' search using vfolders would only solidify Evolution's > reputation as a powerful email database. Otherwise it will be tedium > itself to set up. Please seriously consider implementing this. > > > > > > You can also setup a vfolder and then vfolder off of > > that, i think thats what you're asking for. Its just a manual process. > > ? > Seems to me that there's not really an alternative to coded-in recursion > here. > Besides the probable fact that it appears to be the 'elegant' thing to > do (I mean, vfolders are supposed to be a major feature of Evolution, > right? i.e. they are supposed to be a fully-implemented, well-rounded > aspect of Evo), one of the main points of coding is _to automate the > repetitive side of computing_. > > What would it really take to add recursion, eh? 1/2 a day or so to write and test the code that does the work. Probably a day or 2 to do the code that lets the user operate it. Definetly a feature bug request at bugzilla.ximian.com. _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
