Re: NotificationSource GnomeGoal

[Lanoxx <lanoxx gmx net>]

On 21/12/12 06:05, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Giovanni Campagna 
> <scampa giovanni gmail com <mailto:scampa giovanni gmail com>> wrote:
>
>
>     On the other hand, the interesting part here is static application
>     registration. Lacking any better idea, this is implemented by looking
>     at the desktop file for a boolean key called
>     "X-GNOME-UsesNotifications".
>     Therefore, I updated the GnomeGoal mentioned in the subject ([1]). If
>     you develop an application that uses libnotify, please add
>     X-GNOME-UsesNotifications to the desktop file.
>
>
> I assume this feature is really about implementing this:
> https://live.gnome.org/Design/SystemSettings/Notifications
>
> Is that right?
>
>     At the same time, you need to make sure that the application is
>     correctly associated with its stored policy. As I said above, for
>     regular apps this requires no changes. By regular I mean: sending
>     notifications from the same process, having a desktop file that is
>     tracked via WM_CLASS by the shell and having at least one visible
>     window when the notification is send. If any of those conditions may
>     not be satisfied, you must set the 'desktop-entry' hint to the
>     basename of you desktop file, without the final '.desktop'.
>
>
> I'm not sure I understand this instruction..  Is this in the code or 
> somewhere else?
>
>
>     Hope you are not too angry with me for the new work, and enjoy the
>     new feature!
>
>
> This is great!  However, I do have a question.  Why does the link:
> https://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/NotificationSource
>
> have this message:
>
> This is only a proposal at this time, and not approved for 
> project-wide application.
> *This should not be applied before being officially turned into a 
> GNOME Goal!
>
>
> *
> in a red banner?  I assume that it is in fact an approved GNOME Goal? 
> :-)  Just wondering..
This is really just to confuse people ^^.
> sri
>
>
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