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List:       kopete-devel
Subject:    Re: [Kopete-devel] Autoaway plugin
From:       Daniel Stone <dstone () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-05-04 8:47:40
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On Sat, May 04, 2002 at 10:21:30AM +0200, Ladislav Strojil wrote:
> I have a suggestion about the AutoAway plugin.
> 
> The problem (at least for me) is that it restores status to available, no 
> matter what it was before setting "away" status.
> 
> The problem is that is I set my status to "Occupied" and then leave the 
> computer untouched for few minutes before moving the mouse, it changes to 
> "Available" instead of "Occupied".
> 
> I tried to patch the plugin to remember last status before going away, but 
> this can probably be done as each of communication plugins can have different 
> status set at that moment.
> 
> So it seems to me that the only way to implement this is to add new methods 
> for plugins: setAutoAway() and restoreAutoAway(), that would store old 
> status.
> 
> AA plugin could then call these instead of the unconditional ones.

This is indeed the only way to handle this. Since each plugin stores its
own status - int, QString, whatever, and in an incompatible way, and
sets its presences differently, this would have to be implemented on a
per-plugin basis.

Cheers!
d

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