On Wednesday 10 Aug 2016 19:43:00 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:26:56 +0100, Mick wrote: > > > > This week I tried Claws-mail. Creating and populating an MH folder > > > > structure for it from my KMail directory were easy, and it looked as > > > > though it would make a good alternative to KMail. But I can't do > > > > anything without the mouse! And scrolling operates in the message > > > > list instead of the message. > > > > > > The cursor keys scroll the message list. Use Return to scroll the > > > message a line at a time, space for a page at a time. Add shift to > > > scroll up. > > > > > > Use tab to switch active panes. Keyboard control is, for me, the > > > weakest point of Claws, but it is a lot better than you think. > > > > When the curse of Kmail2 was released upon us I migrated to Claws in > > the hope that it would work for me. I gave it a month and a half, then > > went back to Kmail, for the same frustrations Peter shared. > > About the only thing I need the keyboard for in Claws is to highlight > text to be quoted in a reply. The scrolling thing is just a matter of > using a different key, Return instead of Down. > > The scripting abilities, plugins and rock solid stability (even when I > was using CVS versions for the last few years) more than make up for > having to relearn one key binding.
I can't recall which plugins I was using and what functions I was having trouble re-wiring my brain, to comply with Claws ways of doing things. It was more than just one key binding though. Over the time I tried it I felt uncomfortable with it. The best way I could describe it is that the MUA was getting in the way of me using email. Pretty much how I felt with mutt. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying these applications and T'bird which I also tried were/are not good mail clients. Just their UI was not aligned with my liking and habits. Old dogs and all that ... -- Regards, Mick
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