On 26 Jun 2002 16:13:45 -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote: > > Running 2.4.7 on Solaris 8. > > I am trying to acquaint myself with the TaskBar's mail indicator > behavior, using a "surrogate" mailbox (a dummy file I have > designated as the MailBox) and surrogate mail messages (adding > to/removing from the file by hand, then deleting it).
This FvwmTaskBar functionality was not changed for years, I think. To improve it you may either patch FvwmTaskBar or use FvwmButtons with swallowing a real mail notification program like xmailbox. > Here's what I am seeing. > > 1. The mailbox is checked every MailCheck seconds _provided_ the > TaskBar has work to do (like updating buttons due to window focus > changes). If the TaskBar is idle, the mailbox is not checked until > the UpdateInterval timer expires. I've found that I need to set > both MailCheck and UpdateInterval to the same low value, say 5, to > get timely mail indicator updates when the TaskBar is otherwise > idle. I'm not necessarily advocating a code change, but some hints > in the man page as to the interrelationship between these two > parameters might be worthwhile. > > [Side note: The man page states that the default value for > UpdateInterval is 60. It's actually 30, isn't it?] Yes, UpdateInterval is 30. As for MailCheck, I see several bugs here, so it is always 10 no matter what you configured. I may try to fix this, but I don't use FvwmTaskBar or local email. MailCheck always has effect if it is greater than UpdateInterval. If MailCheck is less than UpdateInterval, it only has effect when something is redrawn. I will documents this. > 2. Single-clicking the "new" mail indicator unconditionally returns > the indicator to its "old mail" state. Until the mailbox is > actually re-read, the indicator and its tooltip are in conflict. A > nit, to be sure. > > 3. In the "no mail" case, when no icon is rendered, the empty space > still sports a tooltip, and MailCommand can still be launched with a > double-click (both of which seem non-intuitive). Perhaps TaskBar > could be enhanced to show three different icons for the no-mail, > old-mail and new-mail cases. Perhaps all three icons could be > config options. Well, you may replace minimail.xbm image in the sources. Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
