Re: 1.4.1 bugs & suggestions

[Errol Smith <errol@ros.com.au>]

At 22:03 30/03/00 +1000, you wrote:
>      prefs.notify_timeout = 15;
> ....
>
>(very old versions had 15000).

 I still had config from old versions, and thus the 15000. Wiping ~/.xchat
fixed it up. Notify also works as expected now.

>>  Also the menus are greyed out when in the notify tab - why?
>
>So you don't do stuff like connect in a notify tab :)

 Haha..

>> -if you start with -c option, the server list pops up temporarily,
>> even
>> though I have "No Server List On Startup" checked (annoying :).
>
>Not an easy fix, do it yourself if you want.

 I have enough trouble fixing my own code, let alone someone elses.
Reporting bugs is easier :)

>> why is the -c option not default behavior? To auto connect you have
>> to
>> manually check a box in the server list anyway, and it's not intuitive
>> to have to do more than that.
>
>So the serverlist doesnt popup and disappear if you don't have any
>autoconnect servers (the load-server-list code and the
>display-server-list code are one and the same).

 Haha... So it's not default because of the annoying thing I noted above?
:) So if you fixed that, then this wouldnt happen either & you could make
-c default like it probably should be? :-)

>The menus don't reflect the server, they're just these so you can change
>things.

 Well they do, but inconsistently if you mix up your /away's & your menu
usage or alt-a's. The message from the server is always right of course.

>> Future Features?:
>> -auto away
>> after X seconds inactivity
>
>Best left to a script me thinks.

 Yes, well it's a controversial feature apparently. Why dont you add
auto-away but remove the "Announce away messages" option. That way if
people want to have annoying publicly announced auto-away messages they
have to use a script, but normal poeple can still have silent auto away
without any effort? <grin>

>> -auto away-off on keypress (preferably only on actual chat text - eg should
>> be
>> able to flip around the windows, whois etc without away status being
>> affected)
>> 
>> -have some simple keypress to switch between tabs (eg mirc has ALT-Space)
>> -
>>  maybe only switch to active (red) tabs? (btw, KDE steals ctrl-tab)
>
>alt-1/2/3/4....

 I keybound it eventually, but it would be nice if it was default.
Alt-space is very easy to use, particuarly if you're a touch typist. I'd
really like a switch-to-next-active-window though :)
 Btw, relative with a positive increment doesn't wrap around for me (from
last to first). Negative wraps around though.

>> -when rightclicking on a nickname or in /msg window, have an option to add
>> to
>> notify list
>
>Add it yourself, the menu is editable.

 Again, I did, but it would be nice to be a default.

 Thanks for a great program :-)

Errol
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