Review Request 107811: Make it possible to start conversations from the Quick Chat plasmoid

[Aleix Pol Gonzalez]

> On Jan. 9, 2013, 5:13 p.m., David Edmundson wrote:
> > plasmoid/declarative-plugin/messages-model.cpp, line 52
> > <http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/107811/diff/5/?file=106093#file106093line52>
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> >     Can you talk me through this whole  "startOpened" thing?
> >     
> >     So there's going to be an option in the UI as to whether all chats start opened or not, but it only has any impact for chats started via the chat plasmoid?
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> Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
>     No, that's not for GUI configurability, it's only for telling the front-end code that this new conversation that just appeared has just started needs to be opened instantly. Otherwise we only get a button with the conversation on but not showing.
>     We say that by passing a specific hint ourselves.
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> David Edmundson wrote:
>     So let me confirm the behavior we're trying to get:
>      - if it's started from this applet it opens instantly
>      - it it's started from elsewhere (such as the contact list, contact plasmoid, or the other contact started the chat) you get the contact icon, but it doesn't pop out straight away
>     
>     ?

Yes. The thing is that in both cases the conversation channel is opened, the difference is that if you click a pinned is to start saying things right away but when somebody talks to you we need the user to stop doing whatever he's doing before showing the conversation.


- Aleix


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On Jan. 10, 2013, 1:41 a.m., Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
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> (Updated Jan. 10, 2013, 1:41 a.m.)
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> Review request for Telepathy and David Edmundson.
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> Description
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> I've wanted to use this plasmoid for longtime, I fear that the reason why I'm not using it yet is because I can't start chats from there. The plan is that this will improve the situation, to some extent.
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> The important part about the patch is that the root element is refactored into a grid that can have different elements. Now I added a button with a contactlist that probably should go, but eventually i'd like to have non-conversation buttons so that one can pin contacts.
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> Diffs
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>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/CMakeLists.txt 48ba8a7 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/contact-pin.h PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/contact-pin.cpp PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/conversation-target.h cd45f2d 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/conversation-target.cpp f9c285d 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/conversation.h 6eeab86 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/conversation.cpp 152d940 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/conversations-model.h f9dc047 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/conversations-model.cpp faaa60b 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/ktp-metatypes.h PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/messages-model.h 233bbfb 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/messages-model.cpp a33b3c4 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/pinned-contacts-model.h PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/pinned-contacts-model.cpp PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/qml-plugins.cpp 23a4291 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/telepathy-text-observer.h 241febb 
>   plasmoid/declarative-plugin/telepathy-text-observer.cpp 98dfced 
>   plasmoid/org.kde.ktp-chatplasmoid/contents/config/main.xml PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/org.kde.ktp-chatplasmoid/contents/ui/ChatWidget.qml ea68f41 
>   plasmoid/org.kde.ktp-chatplasmoid/contents/ui/ContactList.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/org.kde.ktp-chatplasmoid/contents/ui/ConversationDelegate.qml 8a8d851 
>   plasmoid/org.kde.ktp-chatplasmoid/contents/ui/ConversationDelegateButton.qml PRE-CREATION 
>   plasmoid/org.kde.ktp-chatplasmoid/contents/ui/main.qml feb766b 
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> Diff: http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/107811/diff/
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> Testing
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> Very little, mostly sending this review for starting a discussion on where we'd like to go with this plasmoid.
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> Screenshots
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> i am pinned
>   http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/107811/s/952/
> pin me
>   http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/107811/s/953/
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aleix Pol Gonzalez
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