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On Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:09:27 +0100 |
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"Peter Humphrey" <peter@××××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Thanks for your thoughts Alan. I didn't like Claws much last time I |
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> tried it, but then that was some time ago. |
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> Does anyone recommend a mail client that doesn't rely too heavily on |
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> the mouse? I much prefer to navigate, reply etc with the keyboard. |
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> I've seen Evolution recommended; is that OK? |
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> Meanwhile I'm having to use my ISP;s webmail service. |
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I love claws but perhaps you should ask on the claws mailing list I |
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thought it was too mouse heavy too but when I actually look it's very |
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few tabs, arrows, enter and ctrl-R to reply etc. and the |
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configurability of claws may help too, though I can't see if you can |
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assign shortcuts to custom commands/actions. |
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The manual says this but I can't find out how to change those shortcuts |
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'on the fly' myself after a quick try. I shall certainly be using the |
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mouse less now anyway ;-) |
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B. Default keyboard shortcuts |
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B.1. Motivations and general conventions |
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Although Claws Mail is a graphical application and can mainly be |
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commanded with your mouse, it also requires the frequent use of the |
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keyboard. Composing a mail is the most common of the tasks that require |
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the use of the keyboard. For people who write a lot of mails, having to |
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move hands from keyboard to mouse greatly reduces productivity, so |
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Claws Mail provides keyboard shortcuts to allow faster operation. |
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This not only benefits power users by providing keyboard alternatives |
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and keyboard navigation, it also enables people with disabilities, (who |
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may not be able to properly control a pointing device), to use Claws |
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Mail. |
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The most general convention is the Escape key. Focused dialogues or |
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windows can be closed by hitting the Esc key. |
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There are other key combinations which are assigned by default to menu |
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items. We won't list these here, as they are already shown on the |
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righthand side of the menus themselves, so you can easily learn them |
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with usage. Furthermore, if you don't like them, these shortcuts can be |
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changed on the fly by focusing on the menu item and pressing the |
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desired key combination. |
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In addition to these shortcuts there are others which vary from window |
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to window, which are summarised in the following sections. |
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