Re: Orca Another gaim problem

[Krister Ekstrom <krister kristersplace ws>]

Hi,
I have the latest Gaim that is in Ubuntu feisty and i can't see any
difference in the way it behaves. I had to go to the
.gaim/preferences.xml file to make the buddy list visible, something
which i normally don't want to have since i like to have the program
running in the systray and call it up whenever i need it. Unfortunately
with the latest Orca i can't even get into the notification area. When i
had the volume control in the systray, it was the only icon Orca could
get at and when i removed it thinking this would make way for the Gaim
icon i hit the clock and couldn't get at the gaim icon.
/Krister


Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> Hi Chris.
>
> This is a behavior that seems to have been eliminated in Gaim 2.0 beta,
> and perhaps beta 5 -- I'm starting to lose track in my old age. <grin>.
> So I'm going to assume you are using Gaim 2.0 beta 3.1 or earlier, in
> which case I suggest you make the following changes:
>
> 1. You will have a folder called .gaim in your home directory.  In it
> there is a file called prefs.xml.  Open it in your favorite text editor
> and locate this line:
>
> <pref name="list_visible" type="bool" value="0"/>
>
> Replace the 0 with a 1.
>
> The next time Gaim is launched, the buddy list should be visible and you
> can perform the next step:
>
> 2. Go to the Tools menu and select Plugins.  Towards the bottom of the
> list you should find something called "System Tray Icon".  This is
> checked by default.  Uncheck it.  What this thing does is causes Alt F4
> to minimize Gaim to the notification area rather than quit it.  Which
> brings me to your other question:
>
> You should be able to use Orca flat review commands on the top panel to
> get at the icon and use a context menu to restore the buddy list.
> Unfortunately, that icon is not labeled which makes it a sort of
> hit-or-miss proposition.  Hopefully the above will solve your problems.
>
> Take care.
> Joanie
>
> On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 15:09 +0000, Chris Norman wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have another gaim query. When I launch it from the applications menu,
> > it disappears into the background, and I can't see my buddy list, how
> > can I bring it to the foreground?
> >
> > Is it in the system tool bar? If so how do I get to that?
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Chris Norman.
> >
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