Public bug reported: Hello,
I'm currently using version 3.6.4 on Ubuntu Saucy (development version). There is a regression comparing to previous releases, as said here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/telepathy-indicator/+bug/1098549 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/206547 The option "Display incoming events in the notification area" is no more available, so I have no more way to "force" any incoming message to put the chat window on the focus when Empathy is in the background ! 99% of the time, Empathy contacts main window is in the background : I start Empathy and then work with other programs in foreground (Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Gedit...). My preference is to have the discussion window opening and/or coming to the foreground at EACH time one of my connected contacts sends me a message when I'm available - if I do not want to be disturbed, I go offline, busy or invisible. Function was recently implemented but seems to have disappeared: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585914 Is it a choice of developers - to make the code cleaner or because of move to Gnome 3 or because the notification area is no more present in Gnome Shell or Unity or to suppress some options or customization (like in Nautilus) - or is it temporary and will be fixed with a future version of Empathy or Telepathy ? Because now, I often miss some conversations... I had to go to Dconf editor to activate the Ubuntu notifications (being informed with the top-right bubble via libnotify and sound when a contact connects, goes offline), but did not find any way to force chat window go to foreground. The only indication goes on the MeMenu (I miss it often) and to Unity dock when no chat window is opened (only the contact ones), a number appears to indicate how many messages are unread. But when the chat window is opened and in the background, no more number, just a small and short animation on the Unity dock... So is there a way to have this back in Ubuntu (via Dconf or something else) ? Empathy is well integrated in Gnome and Ubuntu, with online contacts, Telepathy... and I want to keep using it, but I need this configuration to be available (as an option) again. I asked main Empathy developer, who answered me by mail : solution is to Write a Telepathy script : a "telepathy Approver" which automatically approves all new text-type channels. To make the window visible at foreground each time we receive a message (even if chat window is already opened but in background), it needs to be also an "Observer" and that it calls PresentChannel() for all answers we get. I don't know how to do this and if it can be implemented in Ubuntu ? Thanks in advance for your help. Best regards, Xavier ** Affects: empathy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1182189 Title: Regression in Empathy / Telepathy : force chat window to come in foreground when new message comes Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Hello, I'm currently using version 3.6.4 on Ubuntu Saucy (development version). There is a regression comparing to previous releases, as said here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/telepathy-indicator/+bug/1098549 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/206547 The option "Display incoming events in the notification area" is no more available, so I have no more way to "force" any incoming message to put the chat window on the focus when Empathy is in the background ! 99% of the time, Empathy contacts main window is in the background : I start Empathy and then work with other programs in foreground (Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Gedit...). My preference is to have the discussion window opening and/or coming to the foreground at EACH time one of my connected contacts sends me a message when I'm available - if I do not want to be disturbed, I go offline, busy or invisible. Function was recently implemented but seems to have disappeared: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=585914 Is it a choice of developers - to make the code cleaner or because of move to Gnome 3 or because the notification area is no more present in Gnome Shell or Unity or to suppress some options or customization (like in Nautilus) - or is it temporary and will be fixed with a future version of Empathy or Telepathy ? Because now, I often miss some conversations... I had to go to Dconf editor to activate the Ubuntu notifications (being informed with the top-right bubble via libnotify and sound when a contact connects, goes offline), but did not find any way to force chat window go to foreground. The only indication goes on the MeMenu (I miss it often) and to Unity dock when no chat window is opened (only the contact ones), a number appears to indicate how many messages are unread. But when the chat window is opened and in the background, no more number, just a small and short animation on the Unity dock... So is there a way to have this back in Ubuntu (via Dconf or something else) ? Empathy is well integrated in Gnome and Ubuntu, with online contacts, Telepathy... and I want to keep using it, but I need this configuration to be available (as an option) again. I asked main Empathy developer, who answered me by mail : solution is to Write a Telepathy script : a "telepathy Approver" which automatically approves all new text-type channels. To make the window visible at foreground each time we receive a message (even if chat window is already opened but in background), it needs to be also an "Observer" and that it calls PresentChannel() for all answers we get. I don't know how to do this and if it can be implemented in Ubuntu ? Thanks in advance for your help. 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