The indicator should show when XChat-GNOME is active

[David Planella]

When I look at the messaging menu, I see a small arrow on the left of each application which is currently active.

However, when starting XChat-GNOME this little arrow never appears.

[Jeremy Nickurak (nickurak)]

Works for me.

[David Planella (dpm)]

El dt 27 de 04 de 2010 a les 19:53 +0000, en/na Jeremy Nickurak va
escriure:
> Works for me.
>

Thanks for testing it. Unfortunately, it still doesn't for me (see
attached screenshot).

Could it be because I've got the XChat-GNOME icon set to always show in
the XChat-GNOME preferences?

[Jeremy Nickurak (nickurak)]

Unlikely, that's a totally different plugin.

What happens if you select xchat-gnome in that menu, when xchat-gnome is
running, and when it's not?

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 14:24, David Planella <email address hidden>wrote:

> El dt 27 de 04 de 2010 a les 19:53 +0000, en/na Jeremy Nickurak va
> escriure:
> > Works for me.
> >
>
> Thanks for testing it. Unfortunately, it still doesn't for me (see
> attached screenshot).
>
> Could it be because I've got the XChat-GNOME icon set to always show in
> the XChat-GNOME preferences?
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "Captura-5.png"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/45791027/Captura-5.png
>
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> The indicator should show when XChat-GNOME is active
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/570912
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[David Planella (dpm)]

When I select xchat-gnome in the messaging menu, if:

* xchat-gnome is already running: it starts a new instance of xchat-gnome (I would have expected to just show the currently running instance)

* xchat-gnome is not running: it also starts a new instance of xchat-gnome (as expected)

[David Planella (dpm)]

Hm, sorry, that was my fault, obviously I had only installed the plugin but not enabled it in the preferences, so it's all fine now.

[Jeremy Nickurak (nickurak)]

I wonder if perhaps the package shouldn't ship /usr/share/indicators/messages/applications/xchat-gnome , since that's what causes it to show up in the indicator menu, even when it's not enabled in xchat's preferences.

Two (and a half) options I can see:

1) Don't ship it, and don't show by default. Only show when xchat/xchat-gnome actually load the plugin.
1.5) Get xchat/xchat-gnome configured to load these plugins by default, so they match the rest of the ubuntu desktop experience. People disabling the plugin will have it dissapear.
2. Ship it, and make sure if someone selects the indicator option from the messaging menu, and xchat/xchat-gnome is already running, it enables the plugin and shows the existing window. Difficult? Impossible? I'm not sure...