[Users] Claws-Mail configuration problems following upgrade to Mint 21.3

[Gil Weber]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:32:02 +0800
Bret Busby <bret at busby.net> wrote:

> On 27/3/24 07:59, Gil Weber wrote:
> > Thanks, Dustin. I will try to look into this. Hopefully not too much
> > for a neophyte.
> > Gil
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 05:50:30 +0600
> > Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> On Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:32:49 -0400
> >> Gil Weber <gilweber at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Hello. I am running Claws-Mail 4.1.1. Two days ago I upgraded from
> >>> Mint 20.3 to 21.3 following all the online instructions from Mint.
> >>> Ended up with some issues for Claws-Mail. ...
> >>>      
> >> DM: Hi, Gil. I'm guessing it's highly likely it's a GTK3 system
> >> theme issue rather than a Claws Mail issue. Either the theme
> >> that's being used after the upgrade is different, or else the
> >> difference(s) in the OS after the upgrade are causing the same
> >> theme to act differently. (I have encountered both of these types
> >> of changes.) If you have the time and energy, you could perhaps
> >> find a way to change the GTK3 css settings for your system or for
> >> a particular theme to fix this for you (there are posts related to
> >> this in this list's message archives), but it would probably be
> >> easier to just try out different themes until you find one that
> >> works for you. (Note that I'm not talking about 'themes' settings
> >> within Claws itself [those are just related to icons, I think],
> >> but rather for your overall system. These can usually be accessed
> >> through a 'Start' menu item like 'Appearance' or 'Style',
> >> depending on the OS and version.) You may also find that a theme
> >> that fixes this for you causes some other issue in Claws or other
> >> programs, so you'll just have to figure out what combination of
> >> effects you can work with. 🙂️ Hope this helps, ---Dustin  
> >>>
> >>> 1) Previously with every new message a number (BOLD) would
> >>> appear next to the folder names on the left side of the screen.
> >>> That bold number made it very easy to see where the new
> >>> messages had landed after filtering. The numbers still appear, but
> >>> they're no longer bold. And, additionally, the corresponding
> >>> folder name now appears in a reduced point size. Those two
> >>> differences now make it harder to find the new messages.
> >>>
> >>> 2) On the right side of the screen where the messages appear new
> >>> ones previously were bolded. As those messages do not always
> >>> display at the top (depends on the timestamps) the bold feature
> >>> made them easy to find and open or classify as spam.
> >>>
> >>> Now new messages are no longer bold and, in addition, they appear
> >>> in a smaller point size.
> >>>
> >>> Just as with issue #1 these changes make it hard to find and
> >>> open/sort new messages.
> >>>
> >>> 3) After the update any folder on the left and any message on the
> >>> right that's highlighted is displaying with a dark green band
> >>> through it that makes it harder to reader the characters
> >>> underneath. I'd like to be able to lighten the color bands. Can't
> >>> figure the way to do it.
> >>>
> >>> I have looked through all the settings in Claws-Mail  
> >>> (Configuration>Preferences>Display>Colors) but not found  
> >>> solutions for any of these issues. I  have tried the "Use default"
> >>> tab in Colors but that did not get me back to where I was with
> >>> Mint 20.3.
> >>>
> >>> I have also looked in Clawsker but not found solutions.
> >>>
> >>> This should have been an uncomplicated upgrade as none of my own
> >>> (configuration) files should have been affected -- just the
> >>> operating system was changed.
> >>>
> >>> Everything I have tried has been in the GUI as my skills are
> >>> the command line are quite limited.
> >>>
> >>> Any wisdom with suggestions is greatly appreciated.
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> Gil  
> 
> What is your Desktop Environment?
> 
> I use Mate (Linux Mint Mate), with a theme that is now obsolete, that
> I had used (and, obtained from a previous installation) in Ubuntu
> Linux.
> 
> ....
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> Western Australia
> (UTC+0800)



Bret, I am using Cinnamon.
Have never used anything other than Cinnamon.

Gil






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