[Gaim-devel] Idle Time Patch

[David B. <dbl...@ho...>]

Hi.  I use gaim_applet in a vnc session, which for some reason means X =
always reports 0 idle time.  So I'm pretty much forced to use gaim's =
idle time, which I consider broken in its current state.  The idle time =
should not just be the time since the last message sent, but rather =
since the last interaction with gaim.  At the very least, there should =
be a convenient way to reset it to 0 other than to send myself an IM. =20

So I downloaded the source and hacked in this functionality.  Basically, =
clicking on the applet button sets a global that I put in and the idle =
time is based on this time, not on the time since the last message.  So =
the applet button becomes the way to set the idle time to 0.

Here is applet.c.diff:
312a313
> #include <time.h>
314a316
>  last_clicked=3Dtime(NULL);

Here is gaim.h.diff:
24a25,26
> extern unsigned int last_clicked;
>=20

Here is idle.c.diff:
39a40
> unsigned int last_clicked=3D0;
71c72,76
<   idle_time =3D t - gc->lastsent;
---
>   //idle_time =3D t - gc->lastsent;
>   if(last_clicked=3D=3D0)
>    idle_time=3Dt-gc->lastsent;
>   else
>    idle_time=3Dt-last_clicked;


Bon Apetit.

Dave.