Bug 161800

SVN commit 806046 by nienhueser:

Remove the unused config options for the balloon notification (replaced by knotify popups in kde 4)
CCBUG: 161800


 M  +12 -71    kopete/config/behavior/behaviorconfig_events.ui  
 M  +0 -12     libkopete/kopetebehaviorsettings.kcfg  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=806046

"Flash system tray" is done internally by Kopete (replacing the icon in the systray with an animated one). It works here for both 4.0.x and SVN trunk.

The balloon has been removed for KDE 4, but knotify popups should appear instead now. Can you please check that they are enabled: Settings -> Configure Notifications, "Incoming Message", "Show a message in a popup" should be checked. Is this the case and is knotify4 running (ps -C knotify4)?

What does happen when a message arrives? Is the contact in the chat window marked?

How are you compiling KDE, as described in Techbase or using genkdesvn?

I use the de-paludified KDE overlay. I've been having that problem for quite a while though, even when I still used the monolithic ebuilds.

I do get popups for incoming messages (after enabling that setting and restarting KDE...), but those appear on the wrong location (i.e. on the top middle of the screen) and are quite intrusive. I would like to be able to disable popups for chats that are already open (since in those cases, marking the taskbar entry is sufficient). As it stands now, with popups enabled, I have to close the popups even if I am actively typing in the chatwindow... so at least for the current implementation which shows a popup for _every_ message, enabling popups is a no-go for me.

But if there is no chat open with a given contact, flashing the taskbar entry obviously does not work. In this case, a visible notification is needed. Systray animation (if it worked) is ok for this, though it could be somewhat more visible (it's still easy to miss it, IMHO).

Now, if a message arrives, I do get a popup, and if a chat is open with the person, the taskbar entry is marked as well. With popups disabled, the taskbar entry is marked if a chat is open. In no case does the systray icon get animated, though...

SVN commit 807953 by nienhueser:

Create a separate notification event for incoming messages in the active chat window. Only plays a sound as default, can be configured to behave differently in the notification settings. Can probably be merged back to the incoming_message event using a different context once events for different contexts can be configured graphically by the user.
CCBUG: 158608, 161800, 159513


 M  +0 -14     kopete/config/behavior/behaviorconfig_events.ui  
 M  +6 -0      kopete/kopete.notifyrc  
 M  +0 -4      libkopete/kopetebehaviorsettings.kcfg  
 M  +2 -3      libkopete/private/kopeteviewmanager.cpp  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=807953 

That commit should fix the popup issues except their location. Still open is the systray animation. As you're using Gentoo, this can only work if you compile Qt using the mng use flag (the animation is a .mng). Can you check that first, please?

Thanks a lot, that will make popups much more usable for me :)

Missing MNG support in Qt was indeed the reason for the missing animation. I've upgraded QtGui accordingly and now it works, thanks a lot for the hint!
I wonder if Kopete could issue a warning if MNG is missing? It's not very intuitive to find the reason for that :)

Marking this bug as resolved.

SVN commit 808033 by nienhueser:

Disable the systray animation setting if Qt lacks mng support and tell the user about it in the tooltip
BUG: 161800


 M  +15 -0     behaviorconfig_events.cpp  

WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=808033