Re: [Q] : search window ?

[Olaf Frączyk <olaf cbk poznan pl>]

On 2001.12.21 13:19:04 +0100 Emmanuel wrote:
> 	Hi all,
> There was a feature request to have a window containing all messages 
> matching a search request, and when you click on one of these messages 
> you are moved to the actual message of the mailbox.
I thought about a little different idea ;)
You click search. You get window with all messages that match.
You double-click in this window on message and it opens in __separate__ 
window.
And you may read, reply, forward etc.
> I have an idea to implement that having in mind that I want to reuse max 
> of code. Namely I just want to mimic the pop3 hack : create a fake 
> mailbox, fill it with matching messages and then create a BalsaIndex 
> associated to that mailbox. Then you're almost done (you just have to 
> manage the click and the selection of the corresponding message in the 
> actual mailbox, that's easy I think).
> I think this is doable but do you agree :)? And do you think the changes 
> to BalsaIndex will be OK or that seems to lead to an ugly hack of hell
I think it could be handled more simply:
In this window you would be unable to delete message, or move it.
So the only things which can change message index is chacking mail in 
background (is this true, or am I wrong?). But, the only thing that could 
happen, is addition to index. Nothing will be removed or moved.
And the window with matched messages has to be modal.

Regards,

Olaf