Re: [Gaim-devel] BuddyList hiding plugin

[Kevin M S. <ke...@si...>]

Shadow2531 wrote:
> On a slightly off-topic subject, but dealing with the docklet, can you add
> an option to make "_" minimize to the tray and "X" actually close? The
> current way is annoying. It would also be great to have a "Don't show
> taskbar buttons (at all. never)" (on windows at least) so that no gaim
> window has a taskbar button whether the window is minimized or not.  All
> the windows would float.  Double-left clicking on the tray icon will
> minize the current selected window and double-clicking it again would
> bring back the window unless you put focus on another.  Again _ would
> minimize and X would close.
> 

That sounds like a terribly confusing mess of an interface for window 
hiding.  I'm against allowing all gaim windows to be hidden from the 
taskbar.

> At least stopping the buddy list from appearing in the taskbar would be
> great.  The opengaim docklet has that option.
> 

My plugin does this.  http://gaim-extprefs.sf.net

I chose to implement it when I wrote the plugin to prove all the 
features in OpenGaim were a waste of a fork because a plugin is 
perfectly viable and easier to maintain.

Kevin