Re: Transfer to folder bug

["M . Thielker" <balsa t-data com>]

Hi Carlos,

 glad to hear from you!

On 2001.06.29 18:31 Carlos Morgado wrote:

> > as unread email there, causing the folder name to become green. It is
> then
> 
> iirc i can't reproduce this with uw-imap (test setup). i'll try this when
> i get home
> 
I'm using Cyrus IMAP, Balsa from CVS. It apparently only happens when
multiple messages are moved, and then it doesn't always happen, but
frequently.
I've tracked this down to imap_handle_untagged(), which will set the unread
flag. In most cases, it will be reset in the function calling
imap_handle_untagged() as seen in the source code comments, but my guess is
that sometimes it's not reset, or not reset on all messages moved.

> > "Local mail". I need to kill the program (SIGTERM) then, because it
> will
> > not unfreeze again.
> 
> ever ? how long have you waited ? what balsa version ?
> what mailboxes do you have configured ? pop3 ? imap ?
> 

Not as long as I've waited, approx. 1 hour. Again, CVS as of Thursday, with
1 IMAP, 2 POP3 and one local folder configured.

> > desktop locks for the duration of the move. Neither mouse nor keyboard
> can
> > be used to control any other applications.
> >
> this is not a balsa problem. this is a WM problem i believe. 
> maybe balsa could be nicer about releasing focus but i never seen this
> kind
> of thing happen

Well, try movong several thousand messages from one IMAP box to another,
and you _will_ see it. Of all these, this one is easiest to reproduce,
happens every time.
This one most likely is related to the way "Transfer" is done, GUI-wise. By
popping up a Tree view of folders, you must capture the mouse to operate it
and be notified when someting is clicked or a key is pressed. Apparently
this capture is released when the menu tree _collapses_ _after_ the copy.
The Menus should close and capture be released _before_ the copy starts to
free mouse and keyboard for use by other programs.

> > for a given functionality.
> > 
> balsa/README and balsa/HACKING are a good starting point
> 

Not a lot in there, really.....

Cheers,

Melanie