On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 03:03 -0700, Thomas Perl wrote: > You wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 5:03 AM, Bernd <[email protected]> wrote: > > > what's the reason why you don't use notify-osd on Ubuntu baseed systems? > > > I don't like the custom notification windows in gPodder on Ubuntu. > > > > There is nothing custom about gpodder's notifications. gpodder is > > using the standard pynotify interface available as part of the python > > gtk bindings that wraps the libnotify library which implements the > > freedesktop.org notification specifications. The traditional > > notification daemon that comes as part of a standard GNOME desktop > > handles all possible allowable notifications..including notifications > > with actions. > > The notifications used are still the standard ones on non-Ubuntu systems > (or if you kill notify-osd and start notification-daemon). As Ubuntu's > notify-osd does not attach notifications to widgets, it's useless for > some notifications (i.e. press Ctrl+S when no device is configured). > > It's nice to be able to "hint" which button to press when there is an > error. This is currently not possible with notify-osd (which is sad!). > > That's why I decided to do these custom notification pop-ups on Ubuntu > when notify-osd is active. I agree that they look ugly, and I'm happily > accepting patches (NotificationWindow in src/gpodder/gtkui/widgets.py). > > Also, it seems like notify-osd-based notifications can only fit limited > amount of text (at least less than notification-daemon). > > I think it's a good idea that they are thinking about ways of making > the notifications system better, but as their changes seem to be more > radical, they (Canonical) should have left notification-daemon alone > and create something new (which developers can then start using) instead > of replacing notification-daemon and changing behaviour. > > Also, last time I checked, notify-osd was closed source.. argh! > > Maybe a "Conflicts: notify-osd" in the next Ubuntu package could solve > this problem? ;) > > The notify-osd detection is in src/gpodder/gtkui/interface/common.py. > You can comment it there and try using Ubuntu's notifications.
I tried to comment the notify-osd detection and used notify-osd the last two weeks now with gPodder. I really can't understand the problem with this notification system. Yes the notifications are placed on the right top of the screen and there are no action on the notifications, but it fits into the ubuntu desktop and a lot of other programs also use notify-osd. What's the general opinion on the mailinglist on this issue? ~ Bernd > > Suggestions (and patches) as always welcome :) > > Thomas > > _______________________________________________ > gpodder-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel _______________________________________________ gpodder-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel
