Re: Message size column in index panel

[Peter Bloomfield <bloomfld eos ncsu edu>]

On 2001.07.04 10:43 Maciej Golebiewski wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2001 13:25:59 Maciej Golebiewski wrote:
> >I'll try to fix it so that the changes are
> >applied immediately.
> 
> After thinking about this for a moment,
> I am leaning towards considering this a
> feature and not a bug :)
> 
> The explanation:
> If the user has several mailboxes open
> and then changes in Preferences the size
> format, what is the most desirable action:
> a. only re-display the currently shown
> mailbox in the new format?
> b. change all open mailboxes immediately to
> the new format?
> c. apply the new format only to the
> mailboxes that will open afterwards (current
> behaviour)?
> 
> Before I start hacking I'd like to know what
> people think...
> 
> Cheerio,
> 
> Maciej
> 
I'm guessing that the user changes the Preferences in response to the view
of the current mailbox, in which case at least that one should be
redisplayed: I vote for a or b.  (More work for you, but you asked... !-)