[Bug 211492] New: switching identity in composer window does not switch signature

[Brice Hunt]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211492

           Summary: switching identity in composer window does not switch
                    signature
           Product: kmail
           Version: 1.12.2
          Platform: unspecified
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kdepim-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: shoalcreek5 at gmail.com


Version:           1.12.2 (using 4.3.2 (KDE 4.3.2), Debian packages)
Compiler:          cc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.30-2-686

To reproduce this problem, create multiple identities, each one with a
different signature. Set the program to automatically insert signatures. Then
click the toolbar button to compose a new message. The default profile's
signature is automatically inserted, as it should. In the composer window,
choose "View->Identity" to show the identity field if it is not already shown.
Switch to a different identity in the composer window by using the drop-down in
the identity field. The signature does not change. It should automatically
change to the new identity's signature, but it does not.

It gets better. In the composer window, delete the default signature and use
"Attach->Append Signature" to insert the current identity's signature. Now
switch back to the default identity in the identity field. The signature
switches back to the default. It appears that a function is not being called
somewhere or the automatic signature insertion is only being applied to the
default identity.

This worked perfectly in KMail that came with KDE 3.5.*. It could work
perfectly now. If the bug can be found and fixed, that would save me several
clicks per email and I would be quite grateful.

In the meanwhile, once %SIGNATURE is usable in custom templates in current
distros, there are ways I could work around this particular inconvenience with
custom templates. Until then, I'm stuck with deleting and attaching signatures.

BTW, I have purged kmail settings in my home directory and tried with a from
scratch rebuild of my kmail settings. It didn't solve the problem. This is
caused by some logic error from somewhere within the program.

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