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List:       sylpheed
Subject:    [sylpheed:28229] Re: Is it possible to use Sylpheed without the
From:       Stefaan A Eeckels <Stefaan.Eeckels () ecc ! lu>
Date:       2006-07-25 6:33:48
Message-ID: 20060725083348.ec03bebc.Stefaan.Eeckels () ecc ! lu
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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:42:48 +0900
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:38:17 +0200
> Stefaan A Eeckels <Stefaan.Eeckels@ecc.lu> wrote:
> 
> > No, sylpheed doesn't support reading email without the GUI (it
> > relies heavily on data-handling facilities provided by GTK+).
> 
> No, Sylpheed depends on data-handling facilities provided by GLib, and
> it is independent from GUI. The core part of Sylpheed is already
> separated as a library, and it's possible to write a CUI client.
> 
> The library is still incomplete (API not fixed etc.), but it will be
> in the near future.

Thanks for the clarification. A CLI or curses version of the user
interface might be a nice idea then.

Take care, 

-- 
Stefaan
-- 
As complexity rises, precise statements lose meaning,
and meaningful statements lose precision. -- Lotfi Zadeh 

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