On 26 Jun 2002 16:13:45 -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote:
>
> Running 2.4.7 on Solaris 8.
>
> I am trying to acquaint myself with the TaskBar's mail indicator
> behavior, using a "surrogate" mailbox (a dummy file I have
> designated as the MailBox) and surrogate mail messages (adding
> to/removing from the file by hand, then deleting it).
This FvwmTaskBar functionality was not changed for years, I think.
To improve it you may either patch FvwmTaskBar or use FvwmButtons with
swallowing a real mail notification program like xmailbox.
> Here's what I am seeing.
>
> 1. The mailbox is checked every MailCheck seconds _provided_ the
> TaskBar has work to do (like updating buttons due to window focus
> changes). If the TaskBar is idle, the mailbox is not checked until
> the UpdateInterval timer expires. I've found that I need to set
> both MailCheck and UpdateInterval to the same low value, say 5, to
> get timely mail indicator updates when the TaskBar is otherwise
> idle. I'm not necessarily advocating a code change, but some hints
> in the man page as to the interrelationship between these two
> parameters might be worthwhile.
>
> [Side note: The man page states that the default value for
> UpdateInterval is 60. It's actually 30, isn't it?]
Yes, UpdateInterval is 30.
As for MailCheck, I see several bugs here, so it is always 10 no matter
what you configured. I may try to fix this, but I don't use FvwmTaskBar
or local email.
MailCheck always has effect if it is greater than UpdateInterval.
If MailCheck is less than UpdateInterval, it only has effect when
something is redrawn. I will documents this.
> 2. Single-clicking the "new" mail indicator unconditionally returns
> the indicator to its "old mail" state. Until the mailbox is
> actually re-read, the indicator and its tooltip are in conflict. A
> nit, to be sure.
>
> 3. In the "no mail" case, when no icon is rendered, the empty space
> still sports a tooltip, and MailCommand can still be launched with a
> double-click (both of which seem non-intuitive). Perhaps TaskBar
> could be enhanced to show three different icons for the no-mail,
> old-mail and new-mail cases. Perhaps all three icons could be
> config options.
Well, you may replace minimail.xbm image in the sources.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Thu Jun 27 2002 - 04:44:28 BST