very small request - "user is typing"

[scyx]

I already posted this on the blog for emesene2, but i thinks it's a very small request, so it could be in emesene 1.5 too, since it's probably pretty quick to implement:

an option to toggle the sending of the "user is typing message" to your contacts.
Sometimes when you start typing something while your contact has started typing, he will stop and wait for your reply because he sees your "user is typing" message, which can be annoying. would be nice if there is an option to turn the sending of the "user is typing" message on/off, thanks.


edit: another small thing i noticed was that the preferences window isn't fully on screen when the main emesene window is on the right or left edge of the screen. could the preference window be changed to behave like the plugins window? (the plugin window always opens fully on the screen when emesene is at the edge of the screen)

[caarlos0]

i think it's cool

[nicolaide]

I don't like... I really hate when i can't see the "user is typing" caused maybe for a plugin of WLM or stuffs like that

[scyx]

never mind, when looking through the source I found out that this feature had already been implemented.  

r803 | marianoguerra | 2007-08-21 05:40:09 +0200 (Tue, 21 Aug 2007) | 1 line
added hidden option to avoid sending is typing message

sendtyping=0 in the config file disables the typing message.
I think the way it is now, as a config file option, is a good solution. There is no need to have a gui option for that.

But the bug with the preference window opening offscreen remains, maybe that can be fixed

[nicolaide]

I don't understand the preferences problem... You want the preferences window and the plugins window opens always at the center of the screen in any position of the emesene screen? If i understand bad this the request to open at the center the windows are really great and i implement that  (two lines of code)

[scyx]

i attached two screenshots to make it more understandable.
In both emesene is in the right corner of the screen
Look at the first screenshot, the plugins window opens on the right side and is completely visible
Now look at the second one, the preferences window isn't completely on the screen

I'd like the preferences window to behave like the plugin window

(but opening at the center of the screen would be okay too, if you like that better )

[nicolaide]

Really strange what happens to you here i can look all the preferences window but in the rigth side of the screen ... I made a patch to show centered the plugins and the preferences window... Here is a video to show you

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/776423/center.ogv

You like that?

If this is ok i wait to zipatei to finish a patch because i use a line in the archive who is using...

Cheers

[scyx]

yes, that looks great

(btw, which program did you use to record the video? i've been looking for something like this too)

[nicolaide]

Nice... Wait for the submit then... The program is gtk-recordmydesktop and you can install that in ubuntu with sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop

Cheers