The new description is not completely correct.  While you can change
accels using this method you cannot set the accel to a non-control key.

In the past you could set the accel for next message to "n" and previous
message to "p" and delete message to "d" so that you didn't need to hold
down a control key to execute these functions.

There doesn't seem to be a way using the method described to set
keyboard accels to just non-control keys.  I can set next message to
"control-n" but not just "n" as I was able to do previously.

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: evolution
  
  In previous versions of evolution you were able to modify the keyboard
  shortcuts by editing the evolution-mail-message.xml file. This file does
  not exist and the keyboard accel mappings do not seem to be available in
  any file.
  
  The FAQ
  
(http://live.gnome.org/Evolution/FAQ#How_can_I_change_my_keyboard_shortcuts.3F)
  for evolution still suggests making changes to the old file.
  
  Please bring back the capability to change the keyboard shortcuts.
  
  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: evolution 2.32.2-0ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu May 12 12:57:21 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8SourcePackage: evolution
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  XsessionErrors:
   (unity-window-decorator:1518): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_events: 
assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
   (unity-window-decorator:1518): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_set_events: 
assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
   (unity-window-decorator:1518): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_get_events: 
assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
   (unity-window-decorator:1518): Gdk-CRITICAL **: IA__gdk_window_set_events: 
assertion `GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed
  
  WORKAROUND:
  
  This is actually the new way of doing it, but needs to be documented. In
  GNOME 3, open dconf-editor, navigate to /org/gnome/desktop/interface,
  checkmark "can_change_accels", start Evolution 3.0, hover your mouse
  cursor over the menu item for which you want to add or change the
  accelerator, type the shortcut you want.
  
  For GNOME 2.30 or 2.32, use gconf-editor instead of dconf-editor and
  follow a similar procedure.
  
  No changes to Evolution are necessary.
+ 
+ Be aware though that you cannot set the accel to a regular key just as
+ 'n' for next-message or 'd' for delete message.  Using this method you
+ can only set the accels to control-n or control-d.

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  allow to  change keyboard shortcuts

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