5ac064e7: Attention API for nudges/buzzes/zaps of …

[Sadrul Habib Chowdhury]

* Sadrul Habib Chowdhury had this to say on [26 Aug 2007, 18:25:47 -0400]:
> * Zachary West had this to say on [26 Aug 2007, 18:05:44 -0400]:
> > On 8/26/07, Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <imadil at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Instead of having the new signals, would it be enough to use the
> > > existing receiving|received-im-msg signals, and set an appropriate flag
> > > (eg. PURPLE_MESSAGE_ATTENTION) so that a plugin/UI can treat it
> > > differently if it wants to, otherwise just handle it as any other
> > > incoming/outgoing message?
> > 
> > 
> > There's already a message flag for them, although named differently (and
> > possibly confusingly): PURPLE_MESSAGE_NOTIFY <
> > http://developer.pidgin.im/doxygen/dev/html/conversation_8h.html#66e44dfdc0de2953d73f03fb806bf6f574d357ac460b25739ce72f9f21a2df17
> > >.
> > 
> 
> That's a different flag. The closest flag we have that has somewhat
> similar meaning is PURPLE_MESSAGE_NICK, which is set when someone says
> your name in a multi-user chat. But I would much prefer having a new
> flag rather than using an existing one for a new meaning.
> 

Aha! Now I remember, this was somewhat discussed previously in SF patch
#1672389
(https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=300235&aid=1672389&group_id=235)

> > Zac
> 
> Sadrul