[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 737838] Re: No way to change Tasque Preferences without a systray icon

[Alessio Caiazza]

I'm getting crazy with this autotools stuffs.

I made a better patch that enable/disable menu entries like in the original tray icon popmenu.
I've also recovered the tooltip feature with a label line in AppIndicator.


I'm waiting for a review on gnome bugzilla ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649670 )  but I backported my patch to tasque 0.19 so it can be applied on natty also.

#instructions
get the source from git: git clone git://git.gnome.org/tasque
update to 0.1.9: git checkout TASQUE_0_1_9
apply my patch
do the autogen voodoo
make dist
than use tasque-0.1.9.tar.gz for making a deb


Here there's a prebuilt package: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19623560/tasque_0.1.9-1_all.deb

** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #649670
   https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=649670

** Patch added: "appindicator.diff"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tasque/+bug/737838/+attachment/2122827/+files/appindicator.diff

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Title:
  No way to change Tasque Preferences without a systray icon

Status in “tasque” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: tasque

  When you first run Tasque, it asks you about your personal
  preferences. Once you close this dialogue, you can access it again by
  right-clicking Tasque systray icon and choosing preferences.

  In Natty, however, Tasque menu has only a File button (which contains
  only a Close button inside), and it has no systray icon (because it is
  blacklisted), nor it relies on an indicator. There isn't a specific
  command to access that dialogue through command line either.
  Therefore, it is impossible to change its preferences in Natty; the
  only way to do that is by whitelisting the application using dconf-
  editor, which was what I did. This is not an optimal solution, IMO.

  Solutions (both short and long term):
  1) Provide a button in the menu to access preferences dialogue
  2) Make it appindicator-compliant (putting it into its own menu or, perhaps, date-time indicator)
  3) Use Unity Launcher API to make preferences available on right-click (not ideal, I guess)
  3) Whitelisting it for Natty

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: tasque 0.1.9-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.35-generic 2.6.38
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Mar 18 18:12:59 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en_US:en
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: tasque
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-14 (4 days ago)