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[Locked] Pidgin applet control window [Bug #309]
Guest English 14 fabounet [Read]
04 December 2012 à 16:13

Guest, Monday 07 February 2011 à 17:19

Hello!
I've recently installed the Pidgin applet. When a Pidgin window is open (just one), clicking on the icon doesn't switch to the window if it is not focused, nor minimize it when it is. When there are multiple windows stacked in a subdock, it works as it should: when subdocks are set to appear con click, clicking on the applet shows the subdock, clicking on the subdock's icons shows/minimizes the window. Is this the intended behavior?
I'm using Xubuntu 10.10 with Cairo-Dock 2.3.0 beta-1 and Pidgin applet 1.0.2.
Cheers!

Guest, Monday 07 February 2011 à 18:59

Me again!
I just noticed that choosing "Show" from the right-click menu does work too. I thought this could help somehow.
Cheers!

Guest, Monday 07 February 2011 à 18:59

Me again!
I just noticed that choosing "Show" from the right-click menu does work too. I thought this could help somehow.
Cheers!

matttbe, Tuesday 08 February 2011 à 02:43


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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It's just a problem with the new address. It will be fixed asap (next weekly I guess)

Guest, Tuesday 08 February 2011 à 04:24

matttbe :
It's just a problem with the new address. It will be fixed asap (next weekly I guess) :)


Hi matttbe!
By "problem with the new address", you mean the move to the new server that's making impossible to install the plug-ins by dragging & dropping? I saw this, so I downloaded the file and installed it the old-fashion way, untaring it to ~/.config/cairo-dock/third-party. Do you believe it's related to the move? The only problem I saw was for selecting a window, as a said before. Everything else (changing status, changing icons according to status, etc) worked fine.
Cheers!

matttbe, Tuesday 08 February 2011 à 11:49


Subscription date : 24 January 2009
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Sorry I thought this bug was fixed with the latest version of pidgin but I didn't see that you have the latest version

fabounet, Wednesday 09 February 2011 à 17:53


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
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I think it's a bug in Pidgin, I've also noticed it, and the applet sends the correct command to pidgin.
maybe it would worth reporting it to Pidgin to see if they know it or not

Guest, Tuesday 26 July 2011 à 22:42

fabounet :
I think it's a bug in Pidgin, I've also noticed it, and the applet sends the correct command to pidgin.
maybe it would worth reporting it to Pidgin to see if they know it or not


Was this bug ever reported to Pidgin? I too would like to focus my pidgin window from the applet!

fabounet, Wednesday 27 July 2011 à 12:31


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
good question
indeed we should report it if it still fails with the latest version.

Guest, Thursday 28 July 2011 à 01:44

I just updated to Pidgin 2.9 and Cairo-Dock 2.4, installed the new version of the plugin just in case, but the bug is still there
I guess someone should report it. I would, but pidgin tracs get too technical really fast.

fabounet, Thursday 28 July 2011 à 13:10


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
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ok I'll do it, I just need to remind me how the thing works

Guest, Monday 19 December 2011 à 02:36

Hey guys!
I've been trying to get my head around this applet for some time, and I think I finally got it. I've only started learning Python, so please be patient if I say anything stupid
purple.PurpleGetConversations() returns an empty array if there are no conversations, so in line 375, where you run:
self.iCurrentGuiConv = convs[0]
it gets an error, because there's no 0 item.
Besides, shouldn't there be a:
self.icon.ShowAppli(True)
there, to call the window?
I didn't really understand what the
self.iCurrentGuiConv = convs[0]
was used for, so I tried this: commenting line 375 and adding
self.icon.ShowAppli(True)
below it and it seems to work, at least here (but I haven't tested it enough to be 100% sure).
Is this right? Did I do anything that could potentially destroy my CPU and eat my cat?

fabounet, Wednesday 21 December 2011 à 14:01


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
the problem is that Pidgin has 2 windows
so you can never be sure which window will be tied to the icon.
which is why I'd prefer to use their methods, but unfortunately it seems buggy.
maybe we can mix both (if no conversation, use self.icon.ShowAppli)

Guest, Tuesday 04 December 2012 à 02:55

Hi everyone

Just to mention I just installed that add on for cairo dock and indeed the bug is still there!

fabounet, Tuesday 04 December 2012 à 16:13


Subscription date : 30 November 2007
Messages : 17118
ok, thank you for reporting
I'll check if there is anything new on their side.

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[Locked] Pidgin applet control window [Bug #309]
Guest English 14 fabounet [Read]
04 December 2012 à 16:13


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