Can't enter text in e-mail body for Kontact/Kmail

[Stephen Rasku]

I am using KMail 1.8.3 on KDE 3.4.3 on Breezy Badger. I am trying to send an
e-mail but it won't let me enter any text in the body. I can enter text in the
To: field and the Subject: field but I can't enter any text in the body of the
e-mail. The cursor flashes as I type but no text appears and the status bar
continues to show Column: 1 Line: 1

[Frode M. Døving (frode)]

Do you still have this problem?

[Rocco Stanzione (trappist)]

No response on this for some months, it was reported on Breezy, and it's probably safe to assume that if all kmail users were restricted to body-less emails, we would have heard more. Closing. Original poster: please feel free to reopen this ticket if it still occurs in a supported release.

[Stephen Rasku (ubuntu-srasku)]

I don't see a way to re-open this. Will this comment re-open the bug?

I am still seeing this for kmail 1.9.1 on KDE 3.5.2 on Ubuntu 6.06.

[Rocco Stanzione (trappist)]

Reopening the bug.

[Juan Carlos Torres (jucato)]

Following up on this bug.
Are you still experiencing this bug? If yes, on what version of Kubuntu and KDE?
I can't reproduce this on Kubuntu 6.10 using KDE 3.5.6. If you are still experiencing this problem, please feel free to add a comment. Thanks!

[Stephen Rasku (ubuntu-srasku)]

I am using KDE 3.80.1-0ubuntu4 and Kubuntu kubuntu-desktop. I started kmail from the command line and noticed the following line on the console for each character I typed:

/bin/sh: kvim: not found

I don't see a kvim or vim-kde package in the Synaptic package manager.

[Stephen Rasku (ubuntu-srasku)]

That should be:

"I am using ... kubuntu-desktop 1.22".

[Jonathan Jesse (jjesse)]

Good morning,

I am using KMail 1.9.6 (Using KDE 3.5.6) and I am unable to reproduce this bug. When I start KMail from the command line I do not have any problems typing a new message.
Am I missing something or just not seeing the bug?

Thanks,

Jonathan

[Sarah Kowalik (hobbsee-deactivatedaccount)]

Doesnt seem like anyone using a stable version of kubuntu, which is still supported is finding this.

[Stephen Rasku (ubuntu-srasku)]

OK, I finally figured out what the problem is. I had "kvim -f %f" set as the external editor but I don't have kvim installed. When I disabled the external editor it worked. It would be nice if there was a graphical dialog box displayed if it is unable to launch the external editor. If the user launched kmail from a toolbar they would have no clue as to why they can't compose an e-mail.