Re: balsa -s should not pop up the window

[Ildar Mulyukov <ildar users sourceforge net>]

On 14.08.2011 05:38:48, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi Ildar,
>
> On 08/12/2011 01:44:24 PM Fri, Ildar Mulyukov wrote:
> > On 01.06.2011 07:00:38, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > > Pushed to master and gtk3.  Getting it not to spew .xsession-errors  
> > > was a challenge, but it's working for me(!).
> > > Peter
> >
> > Peter, I think you did too much. Now
> > $ balsa -i
> > and
> > $ balsa
> > both do now raise the main window. I think this is the regression.  
> > Please get it back.
>
> I believe that was part of the original single-instance design.  If  
> the user types "balsa" in a console window, he or she presumably  
> expects to see a main window as a result, regardless of whether an  
> instance is already running.  Similarly, "balsa -i" is used to start  
> a session with the inbox open, so the user presumably expects to see  
> a main window with at least "inbox" open.
>
> To my mind, the times when the main window should *not* be presented  
> are "-s" (which should simply print the stats and quit, regardless of  
> a running instance) and "-m" (which should present a compose window,  
> and arguably doesn't require a main window).  I suppose "-a" should  
> be handled the same as "-m"; I've never used it...

Ouch! Peter, you write everything right. And I agree fully.
My letter has typo, that changes the sense fully: no_w _ should be read  
as no_t_. So:
> > both do _not_ raise the main window. I think this is the regression.  
> > Please get it back.

I fairly observe this. Do you?
Thanks a lot! Regards,
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Ildar  Mulyukov,  free SW designer/programmer
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