Re: Startup strangeness

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

On 2009.09.11 20:11, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi Jack:
>
> On 06/12/2009 04:52:33 PM Fri, Jack Ostroff wrote:
> > On Balsa 2.3.28 (although it was the same on several previous  
> > versions) balsa seems to have latched on to a particular mailbox to  
> > open at startup, no matter which one I'm in when I close, and  
> > whetner I close by closing the window or using Ctl-q.  "balsa -i"  
> > has no effect, and "balsa -o folder" gives me a popup 'Couldn't open  
> > mailbox "folder"' and I've tried several of my folders with the same  
> > result (all mbox format).  I'm on Gentoo Linux, and I can't find any  
> > mention of problems on their forum or bugzilla.
> >
> > Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot or figure out what's going on?
>
> I just pushed to git-master some changes that should help.   
> Specifically, the mailbox that you are working in when you exit Balsa  
> is the first opened when you restart it, and any others opened on  
> restart will not flash by, so you can start work immediately.
>
> If you don't have "View: Show Mailbox Tabs" checked, you might want  
> to check it from time to time.  You may find that you're opening some  
> mailboxes that haven't been used in a long time, which can only slow  
> Balsa's response at open time.
>
> Best,
>
> Peter

Thanks.  I finally got the git-master checked out and compiled.  The  
opening is certainly visually quieter (if that makes sense) - no  
flashing between open mailboxes.  However, it does not seem to remember  
which mailbox was the one displayed when I closed balsa.  (It IS  
supposed to do this, right?)  It also doesn't seem to remember the tab  
order of open mailboxes (if I drag a tab to a different position) but I  
don't know if it even tries to do that.  I'm not sure what order the  
tabs are in - but it's not alphabetical, and it seems to always display  
the mailbox on the first tab, with the exception that if I close Inbox  
before quitting, that is the last tab and the one displayed.  The -i  
tab seems irrelevant if it always opens the inbox.  The -o tab always  
says that it can't open that mailbox - even if that mailbox is already  
open (am I specifying the name incorrectly?).

Anything else I can test or try?

Jack