No new message alert in Pidgin

[Constantine Kharlamov]

Hypotetically "libnotify-pidgin" plugin does it. In my localized version it's shown in the list as "show popup messages", and upon hovering a mouse you'll see "Description: Pidgin-libnotify".

Unfortunately it's really annoying: instead of "notification API", like notify-osd, it uses plain messagebox. This means α) it appears right in the center of the screen, covering up whatever was underneath, takes out the focus, and it's not transparent β) you can't just continue doing whatever you did, ignoring this notification, because it won't disappear if you don't click or press Escape.

So, I'm also curious to hear if there's a better plugin, because everyone on the internet recommends libnotify.

That said, you better off using hangouts from pidgin than from, well, hangouts, because α) pidgin allows you to configure font of the message being sent, like italic/bold, type, color, etc. Hangouts doesn't. β) I almost didn't use hangouts, but I don't remember it ever popped up notifications either.

On 16.05.2017 00:10, Dottie Roberts wrote:
> Before I switch back to hangouts, I thought I’d contact you.  Can you give me simple instructions to have Pidgin 2.12.0 alert me by popping up notification when I get a new message?
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