[Pan-users] Re: couple questions about beta release

[Duncan]

"mike dixon" <address@hidden> posted
address@hidden, excerpted below, on
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:06:00 +0100:

"mike dixon" <address@hidden> posted
address@hidden, excerpted below, on
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:06:00 +0100:

> I did a search of the archive but it's not too useful doing a search on
> "find", but having used the old pan for many years and taking a look at
> the new beta (r0.124), where is the exceptionally useful "find" panel?  Is
> there some preference I'm not seeing that I need to enable?

It's still there, but moved. =8^)  Look in the main toolbar at the top,
now.  There are two text entry fields, one for the group pane and another
for the header/overview pane.  (Also note that the overview pane one has a
dropdown listing a few other things you can search on.)

> And is ctrl-select for groups supposed to still work?

Not ATM.  It's possibly one of the most requested features, however, and
Charles says he'll bring it back due to that, slated for post-1.0, the next
stable.  He says it's not trivial to program, however, the reason it hasn't
been implemented yet.  He's not much looking forward to that one, but given
the overwhelming number of requests...

Bug reference, in case you want to add your vote too. =8^)

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348445


> I know these guys have/had a ton of work and the performance improvements
> are staggering, so thanks for that but am just curious if these two most
> useful things are still in pan somewhere (especially the "find" panel).

We all appreciate the hard work Charles has put in. =8^)  No pressure but
it's worth mentioning the tip jar on pan.rebelbase.com once again.  I've
already publicly stated I plan to put at least a symbolic something in it
for 1.0 stable, but I've been thinking lately it might be before that.  It
won't be a lot, certainly compared to all the work Charles put into the
rewrite, but if if a few others join me, it could pay for a nice little 1.0
celebration gift for him and the Mrs. that has been so kindly letting him
share his time with pan over the years... that otherwise might have been
hers.

(Yes, pan has an OE-esque sig delimiter bug ATM.  It's under attack and
shouldn't last long, thanks be.)

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