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
|
