[10:45] <thekorn> hi, I've a question about using NotifyOSD with pynotify: which hints are supported for Notification objects?
[10:45] <thekorn> especially: should setting the "x" and "y" hint work?
[10:46] <thekorn> and yes, I would like to change the position of a bubble
[10:47] <agateau> thekorn: no they are not, and are unlikely to be supported in the future
[10:47] <SiDi> thekorn: you can't change it ;)
[10:47] <thekorn> ok, so you do not intend to completly implement the notification spec ?!
[10:48] <SiDi> I think it's more or less the idea (im speaking as an user though)
[10:48] <SiDi> Because having notifications on every part of the screen just sucks :)
[10:49] <thekorn> and why is it not reflected in pynotify.get_server_caps()?
[10:49] <SiDi> that's a more interesting concern
[10:49] <SiDi> you might want to ask MacSlow.
[10:49] <agateau> thekorn: the spec says supporting those hints is not mandatory
[10:49] <SiDi> but if its not supported it should be in get_server_caps
[10:50] <MacSlow> thekorn, grab notify-osd trunk and check out th python-examples in notify-osd/examples/*.py
[10:50] <thekorn> agateau, ok, good point
[10:50]  * SiDi waves at MacSlow.
[10:50] <MacSlow> thekorn, that's got everything you need to properly test for supported caps
[10:50] <MacSlow> ola SiDi 
[10:51] <MacSlow> thekorn, it's ready to cut&paste code, so you should be able to get on with you work quickly
[10:51] <james_w> there's no specified cap for this
[10:52] <james_w> it would be possible to add an x-canonical- capability
[10:52] <MacSlow> thekorn, notify-osd takes the liberty to ignore the (optional) x/y-hints
[10:52] <thekorn> MacSlow, ok, so my question is: why is there no "does not support x,y hint" capability
[10:52] <james_w> but adding a capability to only not set it would be odd
[10:52] <james_w> http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/0.9/x408.html
[10:52] <agateau> thekorn: this needs to be added to the Galago spec
[10:52]  * agateau notes this
[10:53] <MacSlow> thekorn, because that feature causes overlapping notifications
[10:53] <agateau> MacSlow: i think thekorn means he would like to test whether we support it or not
[10:53] <agateau> but galago spec does not provide a cap we could set to false atm
[10:53] <thekorn> wow, this is complex
[10:54] <MacSlow> indeed, right now it's only spit out as a remark that x/y-hints are not supported in the examples
[10:55] <agateau> thekorn: you may also want to have a look at this one: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~agateau/notify-osd/take2/annotate/head%3A/tests/notifyosd.py
[10:55] <agateau> for inspiration
[10:58] <thekorn> ok, thanks everbody, maybe I have to review my usage of notifyosd, that's what I have so far http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/174479/recordmydesktop_visualizer.ogv
[10:58] <thekorn> but maybe I have to use my own window for this
[10:59] <MacSlow> thekorn, gee... is that just for "messing around" or do you want to really develop that into something serious?
[10:59] <MacSlow> thekorn, I feel that you might be "abusing" notifications there a bit :)
[11:00] <thekorn> MacSlow, I've never done any serious things, so it is just for messing around ;)
[11:00] <MacSlow> phew ok :)
[11:00] <agateau> fun anyway
[11:00] <MacSlow> for sure
[11:01] <thekorn> and yes, it is abusing of the notification system
[11:01] <MacSlow> thekorn, I guess you wanted the bubble to appear at the text-cursor position then or something, right? ;)
[11:01] <thekorn> MacSlow, no just in the region of the screen which is recorded
[12:43]  * MacSlow -> lunch