Re: Libnotify support

[Pawel Salek <pawsa theochem kth se>]

On 07/20/05 10:50:26, Johan Brannlund wrote:
> Alright, so I've worked some more on my little libnotify project. I
> now have proper autoconf support and I can also get the From and  
> Subject headers of messages in the notification. However, I don't  
> think I'm doing the latter part quite right. Right now, I'm basically  
> doing
>
> new_msg_no=mailbox->first_unread;
> new_msg=libbalsa_mailbox_get_message(mailbox,new_msg_no);
> printf("%s\n",libbalsa_address_get_name_from_list(new_msg->headers->from));
>
> and I'm not at all confident that this is the right thing to do. For
> instance, what if several messages arrive simultaneously?

Good question - you have got a decision to make! There are several  
possibilities, one can display the first sender's name and just mention  
"several new messages arrived, first from %s", or display first, wait  
few seconds, display second, etc. I am not sure which one is best, I  
have never seen libnotify in action, how disturbing it is etc.

> I'm also
> not
> quite sure exactly what "first" in "first_unread" refers to.

Messages are stored in mailbox in the arrival order, "first unread"  
message is the one among the unread ones that was appended to the  
mailbox earliest.


> I'd
> imagine this would also fail for unopened mailboxes, although I
> haven't tried it yet.

Yes, it would fail. I would display nothing for closed mailboxes.


> Please advise.

Pawel