Hi, On Sun, Mar 10, 2024 at 12:21:46PM -0600, Jared Toomey wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to start a discussion for adding a "call" category and > relevant subcategories to the freedesktop notification-spec: > (specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/latest/ar01s06.html).
I suggested something like that a while back: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/-/merge_requests/50 Cheers, -- Guido > > There's no appropriate standard category for an incoming call. > The mobile Wayland shell Phosh calls `feedbackd` to trigger haptic > feedback and play notification sounds depending on the current profile. > It checks the notification category to trigger the correct feedback. > > The XMPP client Dino uses generic category "im" for calls, which is not > in Phosh's hardcoded list of categories that trigger feedback. > As a result, there is no sound or vibration for incoming calls. > > Tweaking Phosh to trigger `phone-incoming-call` feedback for the > "im" category allows Dino to trigger the ringtone and vibration. > This is just a hack; any other apps using the "im" category more > appropriately would trigger a full ringtone instead of a short alert. > > I'd imagine many other apps could take advantage of a calls category. > It is an easy way to integrate feedbackd on mobile Linux. > > GNOME has made "x-gnome.call.unanswered" for missed calls, though I'm > not sure what the logic there is; seems "im" would suit that type of > notification. It may be worth standardizing as well I suppose. > > Kind regards, > > Jared Toomey >
