> On 2009-04-06 12:54:25, Gustavo Boiko wrote: > > While I understand the use case scenario, I really don't like to start > > adding options to the context menu. > > > > Another option would be to mimic the behavior you can find in Adium: when > > you use the search bar, it shows results for all contacts, even the offline > > ones. > > This would make it easier to find your contacts, and you wouldn't need to > > have a context menu option to configure this. > > Roman Jarosz wrote: > The search bar already shows offline contacts. > > Matt Rogers wrote: > if the search shows offline contacts already, then I would just recommend > using that rather than having this patch.
Pity, as much as I'd love to have this feature added, it appears I'm out voted. I'm marking this patch as discarded (rejected) - gja ----------------------------------------------------------- This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/498/#review846 ----------------------------------------------------------- On 2009-04-02 00:12:57, gja wrote: > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > This is an automatically generated e-mail. To reply, visit: > http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/498/ > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > (Updated 2009-04-02 00:12:57) > > > Review request for Kopete. > > > Summary > ------- > > This allows a contact to be displayed (in offline state), even if the ShowAll > is not enabled. > > This is done by adding the property isShowAlways to MetaContact. The effect > is that a particular contact is always displayed, regardless of status. > > Use Case: > Many of my friends (this may be something unique to college students in > India) prefer to stay invisible rather than come online. If I wish to > initiate a chat with them, I need to manually select 'ShowAll', find my > friend, start chat, and then unselect 'ShowAll'. However, it is usually just > one or two of my friends who i'd want displayed even when offline. I thought > such an option would be very valuable. Especially for finding out history, > etc... > > Footnote: > Would be great if this can make it by 4.3. Sadly, it will probably miss the > soft feature freeze. On the other hand, there is plenty of time till the hard > feature freeze, so it is possible to include this in 4.3 by adding this to > the features for 4.3 document. Does the maintainer think this is a good idea? > > > Diffs > ----- > > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/contactlist/contactlistproxymodel.cpp > 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/contactlist/kopetecontactlistview.h > 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/contactlist/kopetecontactlistview.cpp > 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/contactlist/contactlistmodel.cpp 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/contactlist/kopeteitembase.h 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/contactlist/kopeteitemdelegate.cpp > 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/kopete/kopeteui.rc 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/libkopete/contactlist/xmlcontactstorage.cpp > 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/libkopete/kopetemetacontact.h 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/libkopete/kopetemetacontact.cpp 947928 > trunk/KDE/kdenetwork/kopete/libkopete/kopetemetacontact_p.h 947928 > > Diff: http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/498/diff > > > Testing > ------- > > When I check 'ShowAlways' it is persistent > Also, it always shows the contact > > KNOWN BUGS: > If there is not a single online contact in a particular group, then the group > is hidden, regardless of whether some of the contacts contained within are > marked as 'Show Always' > Effects of checking 'Show Always' are only visible next time the contacts > state changes (ie, If you select 'Show Always' on a contact that is already > offline, it won't show up immediately). This can be fixed by reparsing the > contact list when option is set (but I'm unaware of the syntax. Anyone care > to help?) > > > Screenshots > ----------- > > The Screenshot > http://reviewboard.kde.org/r/498/s/91/ > > > Thanks, > > gja > > _______________________________________________ kopete-devel mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
