On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 01:44:13PM +0200, Luca Bruno wrote: > severity 445899 wishlist > thanks > > Roberto scrisse: > > > Unfortunately, it appears that unless your desktop has a notification > > area (like GNOME), then istanbul is next to useless. > > That's true. It was designed on the top of Free Desktop systemtray spec > [1]. It is even stated in the long description, so I hope it isn't a > surprise for new user. > No. Not a surprise. Just an annoyance.
> > I use WindowMaker and I dislike having to switch to GNOME just to > > record my desktop with istanbul. It would be quite nice if it > > included a command-line option, like "--record-now" that would allow > > the user to run it and have it start recording right away. I'm not > > sure how you would get it to stop, perhaps have the user return the > > console where it was run and hit Ctrl-C (the program can intercept > > the signal). > > This was already discussed some time ago in bug #351233 [2], and > upstream told me he isn't interested in adding support for it. > > From my side, I can tell you to install an external panel (like fbpanel, > perlpanel, pypanel) for your WM. > > Maybe should I add a Suggest: line for them? > I will look into those panel alternatives. If they work, then simply documenting (in the man page, or README.Debian) that those are necessary for WMs that don't include a notification area by default would satisfy me and I would consider the bug closed. I will investigate those panels and report back. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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