[Users] Views keep getting changed on exit ?

[Peter Richards]

Hi Dustin,

Thanks for yor reply. I'll stick with what I have for now, as I know
the problem so can work around it.

Regards

On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 07:06:09 +0600
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 10:51:24 +1000
> Peter Richards <peter777 at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 05:55:04 +0600
> > Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > DM: Hi, Peter. I (and I think others also) have experienced
> > > something similar with Claws not 'remembering' certain changes
> > > that have been made to the user interface. ... I noticed this only
> > > started for me when I switched from the GTK2 to GTK3 versions, so
> > > that might be the same in your case. ... ---Dustin    
> > 
> > Thanks Dustin, very interesting. I'm using Claws 4.0 now, and from
> > ...
> > 
> > dpkg -l libgtk* | grep -e '^i' | grep -e 'libgtk-*[0-9]'
> > 
> > it seems GTK 3.
> >   
> DM: Yes, the 4.x versions are GTK3 and the 3.x versions are GTK2. My
> understanding is that both of these are continuing to be developed, so
> if you prefer the GTK2 version and are willing/able to install it,
> then that would be one option to consider.
> > 
> > I was using 'impish' before, and from
> > https://packages.ubuntu.com/impish/claws-mail , shows GTK2 , so
> > definitely a switch from the GTK2 to GTK3 , as you have mentioned.
> >   
> DM: Yeah, it doesn't really solve your problem, but I thought it worth
> mentioning since it will give you an idea of a least one variable
> that's likely involved. My understanding is that porting Claws (or
> probably any program) from GTK2 to GTK3 is a pretty huge task, so if
> you continue using the GTK3 version you may find other quirks here and
> there, while at the same time perhaps finding some things you like
> that aren't available in the GTK2 version. Each user just has to
> figure out which set of pros and cons they prefer to go with. And
> with ongoing development, these will change as well, as new releases
> come out. ---Dustin
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