[Kde-pim] Rq for hacking info: How to specify the name of a dropped message

[Alistair Hamilton]

Hello

If this is the wrong place to post this request, please tell me to go 
away (but it would be nice to know where better to post it).

I can drag a message from the message list and drop it onto a view of a 
folder in Konqueror. This creates a file that if clicked, opens as a 
message in a Kmail view window. This is ideal behaviour for me.

The problem is that the name of the file created is just a number. By 
default, if I do the same thing with Evolution, the filename comprises a 
date stamp plus a version of the message title. I have hacked Evolution 
such that it drops a file with a name in exactly my preferred format 
(different to the default). The clicked file opens in Kmal.

I am in the ridiculous position that I use Kmail for everything, apart 
from this drag-and-drop operation -- but that is central to my business, 
because I want to store every email message in its own case directory in 
the filesystem, and not on the IMAP server.

So, I am well prepared to hack my own version of Kmail (and make the 
hacks available for backporting if they are wanted). However, I just 
cannot figure which files need to be hacked to do this. (I found the 
source of Evolution far easier to get into than that of Kmail.)

So, what I would like to know is: - when a message is dragged from the 
message list and dropped into a Konqueror window, how and where is the 
name of the resulting determined? If it is not obvious from the context, 
can someone point me in the direction of how I can get the message 
metadata to generate a filename that reflects the date and the subject 
of the message?

While this is an indication of a feature that is wanted, it is not a 
feature request, as such. All I need is some guidance, and I will 
implement the feature myself (if I can) and submit it back to the 
community if it is wanted.

Way back when, dropped messages *did* have a useful filename, but that 
was in the KDE3* days. That is why this is not a pure "Wishlist" feature 
- rather, a request to re-implement something that is of relatively 
minor interest. However, IF I CAN I WILL DO THE WORK - it is just 
quidance I need.

Thanks
Alistair Hamilton

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