[Gaim-devel] limiting prpls to 3 emblems (instead of 4)

[Casey H. <cas...@gm...>]

Would it be reasonable to limit prpls to setting 3 emblems instead of 4? 
The reason I ask, is that I would like to use the sw emblem position for 
an envelope emblem if a buddy has a message pending.

I have the replacement for queuing pretty much finished. As suggested, 
there is a 3-way pref in the conversation preferences ("Hide new IM 
conversations") which can be set to never, away or always. Since this is 
in gaim proper, there needs to be some notification in gaim proper that 
there are messages waiting, since not everyone will be using the docklet 
or some other notification plugin. I've opted for adding an envelope 
emblem in the sw corner of the icon in the buddy list. Double-clicking 
the buddy will open up the hidden conversation.

I've glanced over all the prpls to see how many emblems each are using. 
  Here's what I found:

   silc, zephyr, simple: none
   jabber: se, nw
   toc, oscar: se, sw, nw, ne (patch for oscar bug here in tracker)
   msn, yahoo: se, sw, nw (ne is set, but doesn't seem possible)
   all others: se

So, it appears only toc and oscar could potentially use all 4 emblems. 
Maybe someone who is familiar with the protocols can determine if it is 
actually possible for all four to be used.

If this proposal sounds reasonable, I will go ahead and modify  the 
list_emblems api and implementations to drop the use of sw.

Other suggestions are welcome. I've posted a screenshot of the buddy 
list with a pending message if anyone wants to take a look:

   http://www.pobox.com/~charkins/gaim/blistpend.png

-casey