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

[Janet]

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

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--- Comment #18 from Janet <janet at yoursole.com> ---
(In reply to comment #15)
> I've been running the patch from comment #7 for couple weeks now. 
> 
> Tl;dr - it's horrible.
> 
> Longer version - It is horrible. I've successfully missed /lots/ of
> messages. Basically new chats open in already opened chat window, but they
> don't blink in the taskbar. Now I'm not sure if it's our fault for not
> setting the proper flag or if Plasma is being weird and stops the blinking
> after couple blinks (which is the case with icon tasks I think); anyways,
> the new messages are super easy to miss.
> 
> So unless the taskbar entry is blinking like crazy (or, as bug 328687
> suggests, a systray icon is blinking like crazy), this patch does more bad
> than good.

I work in a job full of distractions. I drop what I'm doing at a moment's
notice to take phone calls. The little envelope that appears in my list of
contacts is just not going to cut it (and I don't have speakers, so sound
alerts aren't going to help, even if I didn't have to keep the volume down
because of the phone calls). 

Here's something it seems wasn't considered in the trial of the horrible patch.
I have it set up so all my chats open in separate windows. I realize that's a
horrible, annoying choice to some (my IT guy looked at me like I'd just kicked
his puppy), but it helps me spacially organize and differentiate between
conversations so I don't type the wrong thing to the wrong person.
Personalization is the name of the game, right?

Currently, I'm not "missing" any messages, as I eventually see the little
envelope. But often, it's twenty minutes or an hour after the message is
relevant. Whereas a chat window popping up in my face demands attention, and
will still be there when I hang up the phone.

I've been assured by my IT team that this IM system is better than what we used
before. But I'm not seeing an "automatically open my conversations" option, so
I'm not convinced!

Can someone instruct me how to use the horrible patch? It sounds like just what
I need!

Thanks!
-j.

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