On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 07:37, Mertens Bram wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to change the keybindings for moving to the next and
> previous unread message...
>
> I read Eric Lambart's message (subject Re: [Evolution] Two things that I
> would like to change) on how to edit the file
> 'evolution-mail-message.xml' in '/usr/share/gnome/ui/'.
>
> However here's the relevant part of
> /usr/share/gnome/ui/evolution-mail-message.xml on my systsem (RH7.3 Evo
> 1.2)
> <cmd name="MailNextUnread"
> _tip="Display the next unread message"
> accel="bracketright"/>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Shouldn't that last line line be 'accel="."/>'?
>
> Nowhere in that file can I find 'accel="."/>' or 'accel=","/>'
>
> So will the suggestion of Eric still work in Evo 1.2 (he was using Evo
> 1.1.2 beta 2 at the time)? Or do I have to edit another section of this
> file as well and/or a different file?
I am still running 1.1.2.99 (a snapshot), so I haven't seen the latest
files, but bracket right is probably either "}" or "]"--you could try
that and confirm that it performs the specified action. I think "}"
would be "braceright", actually.
I'm sure you can still follow my instructions with no problem (I hope!),
but to be safe why not back up your evolution directory ('cp -a
evolution evolution.141204' or somesuch) and the .xml file before making
the change?
> The file also contains a section called '<keybindings>' with entries
> like:
> <accel name="*Shift*comma" verb="MailPreviousUnread"/>
> the names 'comma', 'period', 'less', 'greater' and 'bracketleft' I can
> figure out but what are the keys 'braceleft' and 'braceright'?
Yes, that's where the "." and "," have gone (if it actually ever said
just "." or ",", I forget). They've become "period" and "comma". All
those are duplicate "accel" entries. As you can see from the "verb"
field, they are defined as accelerator keys for "MailPreviousUnread" and
"MailNextUnread".
> Is there some document about the specifications of these files? (e.g. an
> xml-schema would be very useful)
I doubt it. Just be glad it's plaintext XML and not too cryptic.
> e.g. can one '<cmd...>' entry contain more than one 'accel' attribute?
I doubt it, but that's surely the whole point of the <keybindings>
section. If you want a second shortcut for some command, just mimic the
<accel> tags, changing the verb field to reflect the <cmd name> you want
to accelerate. I believe the purpose of having all those alternate
keybindings is to accomodate international keyboards that make certain
keystrokes inconvenient.
But for what it's worth, the "accel" defined in the <cmd> tag is the one
that shows up as a accelerator shortcut within the menu system (i.e. [US
locale] Actions->Go To->Next Unread Message).
> or can one 'accel' attribute contain more than one value (separated
> by...?)
I don't think so. Try it. The _worst_ that should happen is that
nothing will work and you'll have to killev and restart. Well, the
truly worst is that you'd have to restore your backup, but I doubt you
can screw things up that bad editing the XML.
> Also: what happens when you assign one key to multiple actions? will Evo
> perform both actions, none or will it segfault?
I think Evo will be very unhappy. I can't imagine why you'd want to,
but if you really must satisfy your curiosity... hey, be bold! Backup
your stuff and just try it! =) That's how I figured this stuff out.
Eric
--
I have nothing against the American people...
...but it is time for a regime change
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