Version: (using KDE KDE 3.4.0) Installed from: SuSE RPMs OS: Linux In case of auto-away Kopete uses the last away message which is kind of confusing, it might not be relevant any more (on lunch, for instance). For such cases a (configurable) Standard Away Message would be useful.
I'm currently working on a prototype. I'm planning to add a configurable behavior to it, so that you'll be able to pick the last used message (as it does right now) or specify an independant one (used only for auto away). More on this later when it'll be working...
The following patch let the user choose which auto away message to use. You can set it to use the last away message used (as it always did, that's the default behavior) or specify a new one that will only be used for auto away. Please review, any comments would be appreciated. On a side note: should we display a combobox containing all the away messages used (not just for auto away, all messages contained in the "Away Messages"->"Messages" key)? If so, should the auto away message be added to the "Messages" list? Another way to do this (cleaner, IMO) is to just add the auto away message to the combo box (that contains the others away messages) without adding it to the "Messages" list.
Created attachment 11248 [details] Let the user choose which auto away message to display Apply in kdenetwork/kopete/
Was this patch applied ?
Created attachment 15785 [details] Add standard away message option I "ported" the patch to svn 0.12. One thing I changed is that when the user comes back my patch will go online and remove the auto status message instead of going online with the old message still set.
Patch applied to 0.12 branch (r535908). Thanks to Pierre-Etienne Messier. (And please don't ask how the whole patch went into the commit message! :-$)
Thank you for comitting this patch! P-