Re: Help with data files.

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 17:19:19 +0200
Thorsten Maerz <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 19:45:33 +0700 Brian Durant <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I tried the registry patch and Sylpheed-Claws 0.8.11 refused to
> > start after the patch.
> 
> You have to edit the sylpheed.reg before importing it :
> Set "InstalledDir" to where you installed the binaries
> (e.g. "c:\\program files\\sylpheed")
> set "HomeDir" to the location of your data directories
> (e.g. c:\\documents and settings\\application data\\YOURNAME)
> 
> Watch the double backslashes!
> 
> > I can see the info is there, but how do I point SC to this data?
> 
> By setting the registry key to the -correct- value (see above).
> 
> Or by using the installer: If you select e.g. "d:\data" as the
> homedir, Sylpheed will use "d:\data\.sylpheed" for settings
> and "d:\data\Mail" as the default mailbox location.
> 
> > Secondly, for some reason SC can no longer find Aspell or so I
> > assume as the spelling menu is grayed out.
> 
> Either start from a clean config (no .sylpheed directory) or
> remove following keys from your .sylpheed\sylpheedrc:
>   enable_aspell=
>   aspell_path=
>   dictionary=
>

A reinstall, pointing to the correct directory solved the problem. Why this wasn't done automagically when I used default placement on the first install is a mystery to me, but anyway... Pointing to the correct directory also solved my Aspell problems :-)

>
> > Lastly, the plug-ins that you suggested in an earlier mail don't
> > work either.
> 
> I just saw that the first version that handles those plugins
> correctly is 0.8.11claws23-1 (this version needs the updated
> DLL pack, which can be downloaded from the homepage as well).
> There is now a versions.txt in the plugin download directory
> that shows which versions to use.
> 

I think I'll wait with the plug-ins. I don't want to tempt fate again for awhile ;-)

All the best,

Brian



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