Re: [Evolution] text-mode shell anyone?

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 01:58, Jim Meyer wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 01:09, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> > > > Actually, I was wondering if this could be incorporated in the taskbar
> > > > item for Evo. It would seem to make the most sense.
> > > >
> > > > Is that still doable? If so, consider yourself asked. =]
> > >
> > > Taskbar?  Huh?
> > >
> > > No idea, can you change taskbar state?  I suppose you can change the
> > > icon?  I dont use it, so i have no idea.
> >
> > Surely having an applet is teh better choice, that way people can see
> > their mail status without having evolution running?  

Why does it matter if evolution is running?

> I wasn't suggesting it as a choice, but as another option. It's the
> option which is most interesting to me. I tend to have Evo open from the
> moment I arrive to the moment I depart; I don't care about whether or
> not I have mail outside those times (I get ~400 pieces/day ... it's a
> certainty that if I'm not reading it, I've got some to read =).
>
> It would also seem that working out something with the taskbar would end
> up with code that could be incorporated in the applet, perhaps even
> directly by putting that bit of code in a library the applet can be
> built against. That feels more elegant than having to maintain the
> mail-checking code in Evo and the applet.

I was thinking just having a corba call from the applet to
evolution-mail to get this info (or reverse though a listner object). 
The applet then just displays the result, nothing else.

A basic api that could already be used (although not ideal) already
exists and is used by the summary.