I don't notice when someone talks to me via Gaim
I use Gaim for instant messaging. I use guifications so that I am notified when someone sends me a message. But this is not enough for me. I think what I want is this: - All Gaim windows go to a specific workspace. - Whenever someone talks to me via Gaim, then I get a notification about this that is unobtrusive but not transient. I am requesting the first one because sometimes I lose a chat window (in the sense of forgetting where it is). That is, I go to the buddy list, double click on a contact and nothing happens. That's because the chat window for that contact is already open. But I don't know where the chat window is. In one case, it was one of five windows in a "full" layout workspace. For the second one, I am not sure what to do. Perhaps the workspace name in the workspace list should flash? Or I should get an indicator in the status bar that a Gaim message is waiting for me? Kai
Kai Grossjohann
I use Gaim for instant messaging. I use guifications so that I am notified when someone sends me a message. But this is not enough for me.
I think what I want is this:
- All Gaim windows go to a specific workspace.
- Whenever someone talks to me via Gaim, then I get a notification about this that is unobtrusive but not transient.
I am requesting the first one because sometimes I lose a chat window (in the sense of forgetting where it is). That is, I go to the buddy list, double click on a contact and nothing happens. That's because the chat window for that contact is already open. But I don't know where the chat window is. In one case, it was one of five windows in a "full" layout workspace.
Same problem here, not only with gaim, but also with kpdf in presentation mode. Kpdf looks for file updates and if the file is updated, it closes the old presentation window and opens a new one, but in the current workspace.
For the second one, I am not sure what to do. Perhaps the workspace name in the workspace list should flash? Or I should get an indicator in the status bar that a Gaim message is waiting for me?
I got a patch to X11-extras and xmonad that adds support for XUrgency hints. I use a different color for workspaces with urgent windows in the statusbar. I'm using it for some about two weeks and it seems to work pretty well. Should have the time to clean it up next week. Benedikt
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 07:53:02AM -0700, krishna@emptybox.org wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
- All Gaim windows go to a specific workspace.
I accomplish this with a tabbed conversation window which I open as soon as gaim starts.
That's a cool idea. I've now done this. Thanks! Kai
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 05:33:58PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 07:53:02AM -0700, krishna@emptybox.org wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
- All Gaim windows go to a specific workspace.
I accomplish this with a tabbed conversation window which I open as soon as gaim starts.
That's a cool idea. I've now done this.
It's also a hackish workaround. When applications need to implement their own window managers (e.g. tabs) it means we're doing a poor job at implementing the actual window manager... Of course, they need to implement their own window manager anyhow, because most people have useless window managers, but we should have a decent one (some day!), and won't need such hacks. -- David Roundy http://www.darcs.net
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:19:19PM -0400, David Roundy wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 05:33:58PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 07:53:02AM -0700, krishna@emptybox.org wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
- All Gaim windows go to a specific workspace.
I accomplish this with a tabbed conversation window which I open as soon as gaim starts.
That's a cool idea. I've now done this.
It's also a hackish workaround.
Of course. Hackish workaround today, real solution tomorrow :-) Kai
On Aug 29, 2007, at 19:02 , Kai Grossjohann wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 12:19:19PM -0400, David Roundy wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 05:33:58PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 07:53:02AM -0700, krishna@emptybox.org wrote:
On Wed, Aug 29, 2007 at 01:45:55PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote:
- All Gaim windows go to a specific workspace.
I accomplish this with a tabbed conversation window which I open as soon as gaim starts.
That's a cool idea. I've now done this.
It's also a hackish workaround.
Of course. Hackish workaround today, real solution tomorrow :-)
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