[Users] [Bug 4067] New: to be able to set the thread view default to off

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4067

Bug ID: 4067
Summary: to be able to set the thread view default to off
Classification: Unclassified
Product: Claws Mail
Version: 3.16.0
Hardware: PC
OS: Windows 7
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P3
Component: UI/Message View
Assignee: ***@lists.claws-mail.org
Reporter: ***@gmail.com

Claws-mail is the best windows client I have found for migrating imap email
accounts between servers.
But having to manually turn off thread view for each folder of each newly added
email account is a step I would like to overcome.
I want to turn off thread view, so that if a massive copy is halted midway,
having thread view off makes it much easier to find where to start the next
batch of copies within a folder.

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4067

--- Comment #1 from Shai Berger <***@platonix.com> ---
In the .clawsrc file there's an entry

enable_thread=1

so you can probably change that to 0 to disable threads (you can also probably
use clawsker for that; either way, you'll need to exit claws-mail before
editing this file).

(I haven't tried this myself. I like threads)

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4067

--- Comment #2 from ***@gmail.com ---
(In reply to comment #1)

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk
In the .clawsrc file there's an entry
enable_thread=1
so you can probably change that to 0 to disable threads (you can also
probably use clawsker for that; either way, you'll need to exit claws-mail
before editing this file).
(I haven't tried this myself. I like threads)

there is not a .clawsrc file on my pc.
there is not any file containing the code: enable_thread in the installation's
folder.
the page i found for clawsker online doesnt have a windows version.
thanks for your help, hopefully it will help me to search more effectively for
answers.

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4067

Jeremy Nicoll <***@letterboxes.org> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Jeremy Nicoll <***@letterboxes.org> ---
(In reply to comment #2)

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk
there is not a .clawsrc file on my pc.
there is not any file containing the code: enable_thread in the
installation's folder.

You wouldn't expect a data file to be in the installation folder. Windows keeps
programs and data apart. You'll find the file (named clawsrc) in

C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\Claws-mail

(or equivalent, that's a W8.1 appdata folder).

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk
the page i found for clawsker online doesnt have a windows version.

It's a perl program. As far as I know it'll run on any system that has perl
installed.

[Ricardo Mones]

Hi,

Answering to the list, since it's not really related to the bug.

On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:36:36 +0000

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk
the page i found for clawsker online doesnt have a windows version.

It's a perl program. As far as I know it'll run on any system that has
perl installed.

Yes, it will probably run, but it won't probably work as desired when exposed
to a Windows file system, since it makes non-portable assumptions regarding
filenames, for example.

As current it could probably work within a Cygwin environment, given the
dependencies are also installed, but nobody has tested that AFAIK.

regards,

[Dave Howorth]

On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:14:27 +0200

Post by Ricardo Mones
Hi,
Answering to the list, since it's not really related to the bug.
On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:36:36 +0000

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk

Post by n***@thewildbeast.co.uk
the page i found for clawsker online doesnt have a windows
version.

It's a perl program. As far as I know it'll run on any system that
has perl installed.

Yes, it will probably run, but it won't probably work as desired when
exposed to a Windows file system, since it makes non-portable
assumptions regarding filenames, for example.
As current it could probably work within a Cygwin environment, given
the dependencies are also installed, but nobody has tested that AFAIK.

This piqued my interest to have a look. So firstly, thanks Ricardo for
such a useful program! And nicely written too :)

Jeremy's comment looked to me like he knew what he was talking about.
i.e. that he's actually run it on a Win 8.1 system and it works. I
don't have Windows so I can't check but perhaps people who do might
like to comment. Does it run, or does something break? And if so, what?

I'm not looking to make work for you, Ricardo. I'm happy to take a look
at any problems that arise.

For anybody else who like me hasn't realised, BTW, clawsker has
command-line options to set the path and file name of the clawsrc file.

Cheers, Dave

[Jeremy Nicoll]

Post by Dave Howorth
This piqued my interest to have a look. So firstly, thanks Ricardo for
such a useful program! And nicely written too :)
Jeremy's comment looked to me like he knew what he was talking about.
i.e. that he's actually run it on a Win 8.1 system and it works.

Ah. Umm. I've run other perl programs which work on Windows as well
as other OSes. I assume perl makes it reasonably easy to write cross-
platform code, but that doesn't mean whoever wrote Clawsker did
so in a cross-platform way. I rather assumed they would have done.

I'm not using Claws at the moment and although looking at Clawsker
is on my list of things to do, family circumstances prevent me from
spending time on either Claws or Clawsker at the moment.

[Ricardo Mones]

Hi Jeremy,

Post by Jeremy Nicoll

Post by Dave Howorth
This piqued my interest to have a look. So firstly, thanks Ricardo for
such a useful program! And nicely written too :)
Jeremy's comment looked to me like he knew what he was talking about.
i.e. that he's actually run it on a Win 8.1 system and it works.

Ah. Umm. I've run other perl programs which work on Windows as well
as other OSes. I assume perl makes it reasonably easy to write cross-
platform code, but that doesn't mean whoever wrote Clawsker did
so in a cross-platform way. I rather assumed they would have done.

You're probably assuming too much... I can assure you that not caring
about being cross-platform makes it even more easier to develop ;-)

Post by Jeremy Nicoll
I'm not using Claws at the moment and although looking at Clawsker
is on my list of things to do, family circumstances prevent me from
spending time on either Claws or Clawsker at the moment.

I hope everything is fine!

If you find time patches for this subject are welcome, though I use
Windows just when required, and I try it's not required as often as I
can ;-)

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4067

--- Comment #4 from ***@gmail.com ---
thanks for that. found and edited/tried several combinations of thread related
items in the clawsrc file to no improvement. Is there any documentation on all
the settings in clawsrc? with all my searching up to this point, i didnt even
find clawsrc or clawster until this bugtracker thread got opened.

[n***@thewildbeast.co.uk]

https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4067

Paul <***@claws-mail.org> changed:

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--- Comment #5 from Paul <***@claws-mail.org> ---
This option, (along with other defaults for new folders), has now been added to
GIT.