Hey wwp,
 I just tried that patch.  It's exactly what I needed.  Has it been accepted 
into the mainline?

Thanks for the speedy response, sorry I couldn't try it out sooner to let you 
know what I thought.

Mark

On February 15, 2005 12:07 pm, wwp wrote:
> Hello Mark, Jon,
>
>
> I've made a minimalist patch that does what we planned:
>
> - add support for a command-line switch: -D (also modifies the usage text)
>
> if such switch is passed (for instance: licq -p qt-gui -- -D):
>
> - the dock icon group box that contains the dock icon settings are greyed
> in the options dialog, so the user cannot change such options, and the
> original options are kept untouched when saved/loaded
>
> - it prevents from initializing the dockicon-specific code (// set up
> appicon and docking, code supplied by Mark Deneed)
>
>
> I've tested w/o the switch and with it w/ current CVS, under GNU/Linux, and
> could not find any noticeable side effect.
>
> You will find a `diff -urN` patch in attachment, please apply from qt-gui/
> dir with the following command: `patch -p0 <
> licq-CVS-20050215-disable-dockicon.patch`, then `make install` in
> qt-gui/src/.
>
> Please test and report any issue!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:33:31 -0500 Mark Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> > Disabling the icon would work for me; though ideally there would be an
> > option  for enabling the icon if it's not in the gui as well, but I can
> > live with  just one or the other.  It's important that the disabling
> > musn't write to the  configuration file.
> >
> > This isn't a critical issue, obviously, so I wouldn't want you to have to
> > create a big hack that makes the code impossible to maintain.  But I
> > thought
> >
> > I'd ask and see if it's possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On February 12, 2005 06:26 pm, wwp wrote:
> > > Hello Jon, Mark,
> > >
> > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 08:12:00 +0900 Jon Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 16:16:58 -0500, Mark Richards
> > > >
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I compile both the kde and qt plugins, and would be happy if there
> > > > > were some way to enable the icon JUST for KDE and disable it JUST
> > > > > for QT as well.  But the best solution might be to provide a
> > > > > command-line param that lets me turn it on or off.
> > > > >
> > > > > Does this feature exist?  If not, would it be difficult to add it
> > > > > to Licq at some time?
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, this feature isn't available. It isn't that difficult to add,
> > > > but I don't have a lot of time to work on Licq, so when I do I
> > > > usually work on important bugs or features.  Perhaps someone else on
> > > > the list can make a patch for you?
> > >
> > > IMO the smallest footprint patch would be to add a command-line switch
> > > to DISable the dockicon feature.
> > >
> > > Let consider that the dockicon use is set in the user's licq config,
> > > the user just has to call licq w/ this extra command-line argument when
> > > he wants licq no to use the dockicon feature and ignore its dockicon
> > > settings (optionally it can also grey out the dockicon settings).
> > >
> > > Would it match what you need Mark, and Jon, would you agree w/ that? If
> > > so I could have a look and investigate a bit around the dev time such
> > > feature would cost.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,

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