Fix tickets #4302 (save reading pos), #4590 (signature pos) and #4596 (comment on reply) in Mail application.
completed by: Alex11223
mentors: Siarhei Zharski
Your task is:
- Setup Haiku in Virtual Machine (Virtual Box recommended) or on real hardware;
- Download standalone version of Haiku Mail application from the link below;
- Take familiar with the code and both problems description;
- Use make to build the application. Resulting executable binary you'll find in 'objects-...' directory;
- To fix #4302 you have to introduce additional attribute 'MAIL:readpos' to E-Mail files and take care about saving it on leaving this e-mail and correpondently restoring it on entering;
- #4590 and #4596 are well described in the Trac so please read the description and improove behaviour as suggested;
- In case of problems setting up the mail account you can use sample e-mails archive linked below;
Links:
- https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/4302 - save reading pos on leaving e-mail;
- https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/4590 - position of signature on reply is wrong;
- https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/4596 - small error on commenting style;
- http://siarzhuk.dyndns.org/mail-gci-kit-08.12.2011.tar.bz2 - standalone version of Mail application project;
- http://siarzhuk.dyndns.org/mail-gci-kit-INBOX-11.12.2011.zip - a set of sample mails compatible with Haiku Mail application;
- http://cgit.haiku-os.org/haiku/tree/src/apps/mail - sources of Haiku version of Mail;
- http://haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/bebook/index.html - BeBook - system API reference;
- http://haiku-os.org/development - information about development for Haiku;
- http://haiku-os.org/development/coding-guidelines - Haiku Coding Guidelines;
Good luck!