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Month: February 2014

tdepim - no kmail icon in 'Internet' menu + config dialog way too small (clipping example captured!)

From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@...>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:24:02 -0600
All,

  There is no kmail menu entry under internet? I have always seen an
Internet/E-Mail menu and if not an e-mail submenu, then at least an entry for
kmail under internet. Now I searched and finally found kmail under the:

  kmenu/office/personal information management/

  The menu was almost impossible to spot due to it being non-standard all lower
case. It looks like this was just a temporary placeholder that got forgotten
about. Is this an intended change? If so, I suggest a patch to put an 'e-mail'
entry back under 'internet' where people usually look for 'internet' apps and
perhaps shortening the sub-menu folder name from

  personal information management

to simply

  PIM

or

  Trinity - PIM

  Burring kmail, kaddressbook, kontact, kalarm, and kgqg under
kmenu/office/personal information management/ just seems like a recipe for
complaint:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/tdepim-submenu.jpg

  If we are dead-set on having a "personal information management" menu, then at
least make it consistent in standard "title" case and move it to a top-level
menu as:

Personal Information Management

  And at least add kmail and kontact entries back to the Internet menu. Further
regarding the 'Internet' menu -- all submenus have disappeared. Looking.. All
submenus in tmenu or kmenu are gone except for one 'Super User' submenu under
System and the normal 'Games', 'Development' and 'Edutainment' submenus. I like
the menu cleanup, but we need to put internet apps back under 'Internet'.


  Second issue. When you configure kmail and press the [Test] button to test
your email connection, the current dialog doesn't even come close to
accommodating the information displayed:

http://www.3111skyline.com/dl/dt/trinity/ss/kmail-config-clipped.jpg

  HAH, THIS ALSO CAUGHT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW NEARLY ALL DIALOG ENTRIES ARE CLIPPED
IN-HALF WHEN THE DIALOG IS FIRST DISPLAY... The line showing 'Use Secure
Connection (SSL)' is clipped in half. This is the way almost all of my TDE
dialogs look when first displayed until focus leaves and then returns to the dialog.

  I knew I would catch an example of this :)

-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.