Bug 95078

Summary:	An encoding menu in message window
Product:	[Unmaintained] kmail	Reporter:	Noam Raphael <noamraph>
Component:	general	Assignee:	kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	bensberg
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.6.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
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Description Noam Raphael 2004-12-13 16:46:38 UTC

Version:           1.6.2 (using KDE 3.2.3,  (testing/unstable))
Compiler:          gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040422)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.7-1-386

Hello,

When I open a message in a new window, there's no way for me to set the encoding of it - the context menu doesn't contain an encoding menu, and there's no other menu available.

This wouldn't have mattered to me if bug 95074, which I now reported, was solved, but since kmail currently doesn't find the correct encoding by itself, I would like a way to choose it by myself, in the message window. (Another advantage of this would be that the encoding I choose would only apply to the current message.)

Thanks,
Noam Raphael

Comment 1 Chris Kerr 2005-08-09 17:52:02 UTC

Could this wish be applied to choosing between quoted-printable and base64 as well as the different charsets - I know that in most cases this is a choice that should be made automatically, but it would be a good idea to have a manual override in case of faulty mail clients at the other end.

Comment 2 Shai 2005-10-10 23:14:33 UTC

I view the fact that the encoding can only be set globally, rather than per message, as a usability bug. A "Normal" bug, not a "Wishlist" bug. It is my biggest annoyance with KMail, which I like more than any other mail client I've tried.

Comment 3 Benno Schulenberg 2007-02-11 15:28:00 UTC

Hasn't this bug long since been fixed?  When hitting Enter on a message (in KMail 1.9.6), there's a Set Encoding submenu in the View menu. If this is not what's meant, then please explain what you mean with "open a message in a new window".

Comment 4 Chris Kerr 2007-02-11 21:57:46 UTC

I seem to remember that in earlier versions of KMail, the message window did not have File, View etc menus, only the "print, reply, delete" icon toolbar, and so the Set Encoding submenu was not accessible. However, this is now fixed in my version of KMail (1.9.5)

Comment 5 Shai 2007-02-11 22:03:58 UTC

In response to comment #3:

Indeed, the bug as presented is mostly gone (and I'm with KMail 1.9.5). I would like the encoding set per message to be persistent (i.e. once I set the encoding for a message manually, I want it to always open with the encoding I specified), then I would consider it completely gone. Or do you think I should open a new bug for this?

Comment 6 Benno Schulenberg 2007-02-11 22:10:16 UTC

Yes, please file a new bug -- it keeps things clean.  And close this one as fixed, since you now do have an encoding menu in the message window.  :)

Comment 7 Allen Winter 2007-02-11 22:25:42 UTC

*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.