On Tuesday 04 July 2006 19:49, Michaël Larouche wrote:
> Le July 2, 2006 19:05, Julien Bigot a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm crossposting this e-mail because I'd like to know you're feelings
> > about a feature that would like to implement in KDE
> >
> > that feature is a global gestion of away state in KDE (
> > http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=129020 )
> >
> > Basicaly the idea is that a global "away state" is set for kde (including
> > the "not away" state).
> > This set is hold by a state daemon.
> > This daemon is configured in the kde config center to auto change "away
> > states" according to certain trigger events.
> > Then, messages are sent (through dbus ?) to all application when state
> > changes so that application can react as they want to each "away state".
> > Of course it should also be possible to ask the daemon to know what is
> > the current state.
> >
> > I think that to begin, I'll develop a version with a few different fixed
> > states (let's say jabber states for example) and with a message.
> > But in the future, I'd like to allow the user to define it's own states
> > and to program the reaction of each application to this state.
> >
> > For example :
> > when I'm in state "sleeping", set kopete & konvesation away with away
> > message "sleeping", set kde notifications to "no sound" and stop Amarok.
> >
> > I think a good thing could be to propose application groups (a bit like
> > in phonon) to allow to set ll IM applications away, to shut down all mm
> > apps, etc ...
> >
> > The main question is : do you think it's a good idea ? Would you like to
> > implement support for all that in your respective applications ?
> >
> > Let me know if you have suggestions.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Julien Bigot
> > _______________________________________________
> > kopete-devel mailing list
> > [email protected]
> > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
>
> The idea is interessing, this debate should be moved to kde-core-devel IMHO
> to get more input from the core guys.
>
> Maybe coming up with a different system that do not use a daemon for it. On
> GNOME you have the Galago daemon for presence integration in desktop.

this would actually be done as part of a conversion to telepathy if we 
actually go that route.
--
Matt
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