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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#23247: kmail Icon to indicate a new message
From:       stefan () i-2000 ! com
Date:       2001-03-30 18:37:45
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Hi Marc,

> > I wonder whether it would be possible to have a
> > special taskbar icon for kmail, so that it would
> > indicate that it received new mail.

> I don't quite know what you mean here: It's either
> 
> 1. You want a applet in the panel that shows you if new mail has
> arrived. -> close bug, look at kbiff at al.
>
> 2. You want the application's icon (the one that also appears in the
> window decorations) to change upon new mail.
> -> Is that possible? I don't know...

Well, I was sorta looking for 2. However if you look at kwrite, it has an icon
(the pen and paper pic) which is both in the window decoration and the 
decoration of the taskbar. When you edit a file (but don't save it) the icon 
in the task bar will change - there is a little floppy disc icon added to it.
The window decoration stays the same, though.

So this is only in the task bar, not in the docking area. (Where kbiff would 
place it.)

Using kbiff works, too, but requires to setup another tool, for almost no 
added functionality (assuming the other functions of kbiff are not needed), 
plus I really like the way kmail fetches the mail first and then creates a 
audible signal. (Great for large mails.) So I'd rather let kmail handle the 
job. The only problem with this is that when I miss the bell (because I'm out 
of the office for a minute) I don't have an indication that there is new 
mail. So I thought this might perhaps be a nice feature to have.


Cheers



Stefan




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