[Users] Attachments - can the window manger be changed ?

[Peter Richards]

Hi Dustin,

On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 11:05:09 +0600
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

..<snip>

> DM: Interesting. For me, the dialogue window does show the filename /
> location path, but the file also does get attached, and it looks the
> same in the attachment tab as when I attach it through the normal
> Claws Mail means.
> 
> DM: One possible explanation is that the feature I'm referring to was
> added after the Claws Mail version you are using (you could check
> change logs if you wanted to confirm without doing a trial-and-error
> upgrade). Another possible explanation is that there's something about
> the way your file manager(s) and/or system handle copies and/or pastes
> of files from one app to another that keeps the 'expected' result from
> happening (eg. some setups might just create a link at the target
> location rather than actually 'pasting' the file itself). If that's
> the case, then perhaps there are one or more settings that could be
> changed in order to make it work, as long as that wouldn't mess up
> anything else in your workflow. If it were me and I wanted to pursue
> this angle, I would look into the first possibility first. If that's
> the likely cause, then you'll need to decide if you're willing and
> able to upgrade your Claws version on that system. Cheers, ---Dustin

I would have to do an install of Kubuntu 24.10 to install a later
version of CM. I did look at it all, d/loaded the .DEB but a plugin
dependency got in the way ..  haha

Peter

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