Re: Transfer to folder bug

[Carlos Morgado <chbm chbm nu>]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:19:25AM +0200, M . Thielker wrote:
> 

> 
> 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.
> 

thread deadlock then

> > > 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.

i was thinking DnD. the transfer menu didn't ocurr to me. you're right

> 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.
> 
true

> > > for a given functionality.
> > > 
> > balsa/README and balsa/HACKING are a good starting point
> > 
> 
> Not a lot in there, really.....
> 

quite right. it has an important bit about locking tough :)

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