[telepathy] [Bug 316920] add possibility to open chat windows automatically

[Silver Salonen]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316920

--- Comment #6 from Silver Salonen <silver.salonen at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> The issue presumably is that you sometimes miss the status notifier in the
> corner, which is why you want this feature.

Another point may be that I may want to open the chat window not inactively on
the taskbar, but maybe right in front of me. This should be an option too.

> Discussion Time:
> 
> Lets say this did open automatically open, would a new entry in the tasbar
> be any easier to spot? 

Yes.

> What if you already had the text-ui open chatting to Person A, minimised it,
> and then Person B messages you? You won't notice until you talk to Person A
> again.  

This is why I like every chat to have a separate window (like it is in
0.5.80git).

> Even worse if it's now removed from the notification area (which currently
> would happen, fixing that would mean showing a notification for any unread
> messages not unopened conversations)

Like Roman said, system notifications :)

> How do we deal with different virtual desktops or activities?

I'd prefere new chat windows to be opened in a current desktop/activity.

> The chat plasmoid is meant to resolve this, what if we just added that by
> default?

I haven't used it yet, but if I understand the idea correctly, I don't like the
idea of having to use a plasmoid for my active tasks (I'd assume switching to a
plasmoid is not as fast as switching to a separate windows, but as I said, I've
not used the plasmoid yet).

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