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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: KMail drag and drop
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-08-26 7:48:33
Message-ID: 200408261748.36191.sanders () kde ! org
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Hi,

kdepim/libkdepim/maillistdrag.* contains a description of the latest 
classes used for drag and drop of mails. Each mail in a draglist has 
a serialNumber which is a unique number that identifies a message. 
Using DCOP KMail can be instructed to show a mail by using showMail 
as defined in kmail/kmailIface.h.

But all of these interfaces are private kdepim interfaces, they are 
subject to change without notification and are intended for internal 
kdepim usage only.

Don.

On Thursday 26 August 2004 03:23, Sébastien Laoût [temporar] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm the BasKet programmer:
> http://les83plus.free.fr/sebastien.laout/basket/
> The program is all about drag and dropping: it allow to collect
> various things and keep them related and on hand.
>
> In that spirit, some users ask me to be able to drop mails from
> KMail into a basket.
> A user even given me a good example: it was applying for a job and
> he put all the associated items (mail, CV, the job subscription,
> the letter, phone number, etc...) togever.
>
> I looked at the transfert, and KMail provides only the
> "x-kmail-drag/message-list" MIME type.
> And by looking better it seem with very few interesting data. I
> think it is only used internaly for moving/copying mails.
>
> I tryed with Evolution and it give more interesting data:
> - x-evolution-message (contain
> "file:///home/seb/evolution/local/Inbox\010568")
> - message/rfc822 (contain the integral message)
> - text/uri-list (contain
> "file:///tmp/evolution-501-3377/drag-n-drop-QEIsZ3/Re: basket")
> When dragging more than one mail at a time, the uri-list contain a
> link to a mbox file
> ("file:///tmp/evolution-501-3377/drag-n-drop-3muxAc/mbox"), but the
> rfc822 contain nothing (bad), the x-evolution-message add a '\0'
> and a mail number for each mail at the end.
>
> So, I would want to know if you can do the same sort of job when
> dragging a mail?
>
> Because the mail can be very long and would full the basket, a user
> asked me if I can create a link to the mail(s) instead of copying
> it entirly.
> I think to present an option to the user which 1/ Link the mail 2/
> Copy the mail.
> When a "mail link" in the basket would be clicked, it should open
> KMail and saying to show the related mail.
> Eventually open it even if the mail was moved to another KMail
> folder.
>
> I don't know if it is possible.
> I looked at the KMail source code but never found any reference to
> "x-kmail-drag/message-list"! So I can't know if it contain enought
> data to make the link working.
> I don't find any DCOP function or kmail parameter to open a defined
> mail (link feature), so that isn't possible for the moment, I
> suppose.
>
> To summarize, what I would ask to you:
> - Provide more MIME types when drag'n'drop message(s): at least
> "message/rfc822"
> - It should also work for multiple mail dragging: provide a mbox
> MIME type
> - Is it possible with the current "x-kmail-drag/message-list" to
> identify uniquely (and even after a (re)moving) messages, to call
> them later? If not, try to make that possible.
> - This can be done by associating an unique identifier number to
> mails, and do not reuse them after deletion (until there is
> suficient ID numbers)
> - Don't know if the Evolution temporar "text/uri-list" is useful.
> Just a great addition.
> - Offer command line paramter to directly position KMail viewing a
> given unique mail (and go_to/open the containing folder before, if
> necessary) AND/OR another option to open a viewer window to this
> mail (without the main window).
>
> P.S.: I'm not registered to the list,
>       Please CC me when replying.
>       Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sébastien Laoût.
>
>
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