Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1318 mails)

[Anne Wilson <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 02 November 2008 22:27:47 jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On November Sunday 02 2008, Rajko M. scratched these words onto a
>
> coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
> > On Saturday 01 November 2008 11:31:39 pm jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > On November Saturday 01 2008, Rajko M. scratched these words onto a
> > > coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
> >
> > ...
> >
> > > > It is something with KMail.
> > > > Turn threading off and on and it threads messages again, but I
> > > > have no idea where to start looking.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Regards, Rajko
> > >
> > > in KMail. configure Kmail --> appearance pane --> select
> > > the"message list tab. on that page are most if not all ( I haven't
> > > looked for all) threading options.
> > >  I think that should get you an option to have your threads
> > > open/closed etc.
> > >
> > > HTH
> >
> > That part works as expected.
> > The problem is when I leave a folder, and come back all messages in
> > this particular thread are just long line of messages. Changing any
> > of threading options in Folder drop down menu brings threading back.
> >
> > It is just a bug, and as Ann Wilson checked it is seems to be
> > openSUSE related.
>
>  Do you have both of the threaded message settings in the drop down menu
> checked? Because unchecking the 2nd one (threading by subject) puts it
> back to the old way.. as in now you can change folders as you will but
> the threading stays .. I'm not certain why that would be tho.
>
> I have just tried to have the thread by subject option as the one
> choice, and it's not available if you uncheck the "thread  messages"
> unchecked.  You may need both options, I can live w/ just the one. IF
> you and other folks need both options they better put a bug in the
> developer's collective ears then.  It looks like the sort of thing that
> wouldn't get a high priority.... unless it's a developer's fave. That's
> kinda chancey so if needed I'd let them know.
Pin back your ears.  There's no point in bugging the devs - it's not a KDE 
problem.  It's a OpenSUSE problem.  It does not happen in other distros.  I 
can certainly vouch for Mandriva, Fedora, Xandros and CentOS.  None of them 
have this problem.

Anne