Re: [Evolution-hackers] gtk_message_dialog() alternatives

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 23:44 +0200, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> Okay, I've put together a plugin that implements the functionality in my 
> original patch that incorporates the standards on variable naming, etc.  
> The one thing I'm not sure is what evolution-specific function to use 
> that calls gtk_message_dialog() (or something similar).  The closest 
> I've found is e_notice(), but that doesn't seem to let you use Yes/No 
> buttons.  When looking through code in other plugins (save-calendar for 
> instance), I note that they use gtk_message_dialog().  Any thoughts?
Yes, use e-error, as i suggested below.  Just grep the source for usage, or look in misc/widgets/e-error.c and devel-docs/misc/errors.txt.  The bit about using e-error-tool is a bit out of date, but the rest is valid.
> While working on the plugin, I've modified configure.in to put my 
> plugin, default-mail-client-check, in the experimental plugin section 
> and autoreconf'd it to create the new configure script.  How should I 
> send the patch to the list?  The changes to both configure and 
> configure.in are quite extensive.
You should be working on a checkout from cvs.  Then you just use cvs diff -up to generate the diff of the modified files, and it will only diff the cvs files (configure is a generated file and not stored in cvs).  I don't understand why your changes would need to be 'extensive', it should only be a one line change in configure.in?

> Jonathan
>
> Not Zed wrote:
>
> >
> > Evolution patches list is probably as good a place as any.  Use 
> > evolution-hackers if you need to ask questions like this one.  You 
> > should subscribe to evolution-hackers at any rate.
> >
> > There is a shell event recently added "upgrade.done" which is called 
> > at startup after the configuration is setup to the current version.  
> > You can probably use that.
> >
> > The class is "org.gnome.evolution.shell.events:1.0"
> >
> > You might want to look at the other code, it uses a few things  - like 
> > e-error, which you should be using as well, for any messages - don't 
> > use gtk_message_dialog() directly.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 08:23 +0200, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> >
> >>Thanks for the quick response.  I've just gone through the published 
> >>eplugin API and I haven't seen any hooks for either evolution startup or 
> >>the mail component startup.  If you know what they are, or could at 
> >>least point me in the right direction to look for this information, I'd 
> >>sure appreciate it.  Also, would you want me to send the plugin to the 
> >>evolution-patches mailing-list or would it be better to send it elsewhere?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Jonathan Dieter
> >>jdieter99 gmx net <mailto:jdieter99 gmx net>
> >>
> >>Not Zed wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hmm, we actually had a patch all but complete for this last year, from 
> >>> Niklas Nylund <ninylund abo fi <mailto:ninylund abo fi> <mailto:ninylund abo fi <mailto:ninylund abo fi>>>, but then the 
> >>> thread seemed to peter out.
> >>>
> >>> I don't really know what we should do about this, since the other 
> >>> patch was so close.
> >>>
> >>> As for your patch - this functionality should now be done via the 
> >>> plugin interface.
> >>>
> >>> Also you're using java-style mixedCaps, we don't do that anywhere, we 
> >>> use lower-case names for everthing, usually with _ separating words 
> >>> (its easier for non-english speakers apparently).
> >>>
> >>> Michael
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 00:08 +0200, Jonathan Dieter wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>This patch will ask the user if they would like Evolution to be the 
> >>>>default mailer for GNOME the first time that Evolution is run.  If the 
> >>>>user says "yes", Evolution sets itself to be the default mailer.  If the 
> >>>>user says "no", Evolution won't change anything.  There is a check box 
> >>>>that asks whether the user wants to be asked this question every time 
> >>>>Evolution is started.  If the check box is not checked, Evolution will 
> >>>>never ask the question again.  If it is checked, Evolution will only ask 
> >>>>if there is either no mailer set up or if another mailer is set as the 
> >>>>default one.
> >>>>
> >>>>This is my first attempt at a patch, so any feedback would be 
> >>>>appreciated.  Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>Jonathan Dieter
> >>>>jdieter99 at gmx dot net
> >>>>    
> >>>>
> >>
> >>    
> >>
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