Re: Two old issues

[Jack <ostroffjh sbcglobal net>]

On 2015.04.01 20:05, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> On April 1st, 2015, Jack wrote:
> > There are two issues with Balsa I find somewhat annoying. I'm not  
> > sure if I've mentioned them on the list before, but I figure I'll  
> > ask if anybody has any thoughts on whether I might have some  
> > configuration issue, or if I should consider them annoying bugs or  
> > just annoying but acceptable bahavior.
> >
> > First, about 90% of the time I open the Draftbox folder, I get x  
> > messages, x hidden - i.e., ALL messages are hidden. Typing a space  
> > in the search bar and hitting enter displays all the messages.  
> > Erasing the space and hitting Enter still leaves all messages  
> > displayed. I have never seen this happen with any other folder. It  
> > seems to be happening less often today, now that I've decided to ask  
> > about it, but still over half the time.
>
> Yeah, that's a bug. I'm not sure what's causing it, but I see the  
> same thing in the draftbox--also, very occasionally in Inbox. It may  
> be connected with the incorrect sorting and threading that I see in  
> other folders--in some, I routinely click the "Date" column header  
> twice, just to fix the sorting. Somehow, the filter that determines  
> what messages are shown is not set correctly.
I know there are threading/sorting issues, but I hadn't thought of this  
as related.  I wonder if (re)sorting would make them appear without  
changing the filter.  My other threading issues are trying to use the  
JWZ, but I think you're also already aware of that.  (I also think I  
found a bug in the JWZ algorithm - not Balsa's interpretation, but the  
underlying approach.  That's also for another time.)

> > Second, with all my other apps, left clicking above or below a  
> > scroll bar moves the bar in that direction, but middle clicking  
> > moves the bar to that position. In Balsa, left clicking moves the  
> > scroll bar to that position. middle clicking has no effect, and  
> > right clicking moves the bar in that direction (up or down, if I  
> > click above or below the bar). I'm on Gentoo Linux, mostly stable  
> > versions of libraries and apps, mostly a KDE system.
>
> That's a relatively recent change in Gtk conventions about scrolling.  
> I'd guess that Qt-based apps have the behavior you're used to, and  
> perhaps Balsa is the only Gtk-based app you use. It's not a Balsa-bug!
I think I can track down which of my apps are QT and which are GTK.   
I'd be surprised if I don't have any other GTK apps.  I'll reply again  
once I check.

> > This last one is different from the issue that the first time I  
> > click anywhere in the body of a message (default layout, lower right  
> > pane) it seems to scroll the message down just enough to move the  
> > header area out of view. This happens whether I am displaying a  
> > plain text or an html message. I'll bring that one up again later.
>
> Yes, we're aware of that one, too! Still not sure who's bug it is...
Anything I can do to help track it down?  I can probably build with  
symbols and run under gdb.

Jack