[Gossip-dev] Saving window size/position and group

[Aredridel]

On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 15:00 +0200, CJ van den Berg wrote:
> On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 02:43:15PM +0200, Mikael Hallendal wrote:
> > Michael Gratton skrev:
> > > Probably the same size it was when the user last closed it.
> > 
> > However, that doesn't work very well when taking multiple chat windows
> > into account. Ie. I might have one window with work related chats in and
> > another with private discussions. These windows might have different
> > sizes, which one would you save?
> 
> How about this suggestion?
> 
> For each JID you save the x,y,w,h of the chat window, *plus* a unique ID.
> All JIDs that share a chat window get the same unique ID. If you detach a
> JID from a window it gets a new, randomly generated unique ID. If you
> attach... etc.
> 
> When you need to open a new chat for a JID you lookup it's saved unique Id.
> If there is already a window open with that ID you add the new JID as a tab.
> If not you create an new window with the saved x,y,w,h.
> 
> This way you get properly saved window positions _and_ tab grouping.
> 

Exactly what I was thinking!

That would be very happy for me. I have a few contacts I give much
attention, and would love to be able to have group themselves so I can
pay attention more easily (Sticky window!), and a good number more who
I'd leave in another, larger, but less frequently paid attention to
window.