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On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:26:56 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > > This week I tried Claws-mail. Creating and populating an MH folder |
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> > > structure for it from my KMail directory were easy, and it looked as |
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> > > though it would make a good alternative to KMail. But I can't do |
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> > > anything without the mouse! And scrolling operates in the message |
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> > > list instead of the message. |
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> > The cursor keys scroll the message list. Use Return to scroll the |
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> > message a line at a time, space for a page at a time. Add shift to |
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> > scroll up. |
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> > Use tab to switch active panes. Keyboard control is, for me, the |
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> > weakest point of Claws, but it is a lot better than you think. |
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> When the curse of Kmail2 was released upon us I migrated to Claws in |
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> the hope that it would work for me. I gave it a month and a half, then |
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> went back to Kmail, for the same frustrations Peter shared. |
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About the only thing I need the keyboard for in Claws is to highlight |
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text to be quoted in a reply. The scrolling thing is just a matter of |
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using a different key, Return instead of Down. |
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The scripting abilities, plugins and rock solid stability (even when I |
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was using CVS versions for the last few years) more than make up for |
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having to relearn one key binding. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Capt'n! The spellchecker kinna take this abuse! |
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