[Telepathy] telepathy-inspector (0.1) released!

Daniel d'Andrada Tenório de Carvalho daniel.carvalho at indt.org.br
Tue Aug 15 06:23:48 PDT 2006


Hi Dafydd,

ext Dafydd Harries wrote:
>  - It seems somewhat erratic at detecting new channels. Does it connect to the
>    NewChannel signal?
>   
Hmm... I think so but I will look at this more closely.
>  - Parse .manager files and provide a drop-down list of connection managers
>    rather than requiring the user to type the manager name in.
>   
That's the original idea. :-) It's not implemented yet just because it 
wasn't high in my priority list for things to implement.
>  - Scan the bus for running connection managers on startup. For extra points,
>    detect when new connection managers appear on the bus.
>
>   
It already does something like that (or part of it) in the "Active 
Connections" tab, on the main window.
>  - If both the previous points are done, it allows having a view which shows
>    all the available connection managers, which of them are running, and a
>    list of connections for each running manager.
>
>   
Yeah, that would be a nice "what's happening" view of the whole 
telepathy system.
>  - If pointed at a running connection manager, initialise the connection
>    window to the running state.
>
>   
Well, it should do that when you show a connection from the "Active 
Connections" list.
surely
>  - Anywhere where the user needs to input a handle, have a drop-down list of
>    known handles.
>
>   
That's another feature that wasn't high on my priority list but that 
will surely get implemented.

>  - Hide connection parameters named "password". :)
>
>   
He, that's an easy one! :-)
>  - Make boolean connection parameters use a toggle button rather than a text
>    entry. (À la gconf-editor.)
>
>   
Good catch.

> Thanks very much for this tool; I'm looking forward to see it develop.
>   
Me too! I want to make it as useful as possible.

Thanks for the feedback.

Regards,
Daniel d'Andrada T. de Carvalho - INdT


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