Shoutbox

I have an idea for a plug in, and I'm willing to take a run at it, but this is the first time I've ever looked at this plugin stuff, so there might be something out there that already does what I'm after, or at least lays the ground work as a jumping off point. I've looked around a little, but I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction if there's something I just didn't see.

The notion of the k-killer is this:

When I'm IM'ing, I'm usually doing other stuff, too, so I toggle off to another app or another machine after sending a message. Then someone messages back and says:

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k

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It's very annoying to toggle back and see only that.

I want to set up a prenotification filter so that, when the response is simply "k" or "okay" or whatever, the text is displayed, but the notification sound is not made and the taskbar doesn't flash. I don't mind reading

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k

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but I hate changing machines and toggling apps just for

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k

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If there is something similar I should use or look at as a jumping off point, please let me know. If this sounds like a useful plugin that hasn't been done already let me know and I will see what I can do about implementing it. If it has been done, then by all means point me toward the plugin.

Use ActiveAccessibility to monitor the conversations. Then if the text that shows up isn't 'k' or 'okay' then play the wave sound saying you have a new message.

Matty's reply to Active Accessibility for incoming messages

However, how would you stop the sound from playing and stop the window from flashing if the message is "k" or "okay"?

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Originally posted by Mike
However, how would you stop the sound from playing and stop the window from flashing if the message is "k" or "okay"?

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Yeah, that's the question. I would want to intercept it before the UI was updated and suppress the notification completely.

I suppose I could disable notification overall, then let the script provide the notification if the message passes the filter...

PM raspourk raceprouk ( Plik) to find out how he did it. And you can have your status set to something other then Online and it will disable the sound playing.

What did I do then?

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Originally posted by Matty
And you can have your status set to something other then Online and it will disable the sound playing.

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just set your stats as "busy"
this always worked for me.

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Originally posted by DJKAL

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Originally posted by Matty
And you can have your status set to something other then Online and it will disable the sound playing.

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just set your stats as "busy"
this always worked for me.

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Isn't that what I already said?

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Originally posted by raceprouk
What did I do then?

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Didn't you prevent the conversation windows from flashing at one point?

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Originally posted by Matty
    quoteriginally posted by DJKAL

        quoteriginally posted by Matty
        And you can have your status set to something other then Online and it will disable the sound playing.



    just set your stats as "busy"
    this always worked for me.



Isn't that what I already said?

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no - you said "other than online"
the status has to be "busy" - you didnt say that

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Originally posted by DJKAL
just set your stats as "busy"
this always worked for me.

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Sure, that would suppress all notifications, but I need to get meaningful notifications. I have 4 machines on a KVM, and when I'm off on different machine I still need to hear it when an IM comes in, but I hate having to switch machines, interrupt what I'm doing, for a meaningless "k" response.