Optional "system tray" icon for notifications

Posted by Artel on Thu 30 Oct 2008 06:24 PM — 3 posts, 19,265 views.

Artel USA Thu 30 Oct 2008 06:24 PM #0

On the MUD I play, I am allowed to quest once every 30 minutes. As a result, I often idle for those 30 minutes, spending time in another window doing work. I have used to have sound trigger that I would use whenever it was time to quest, but I am increasingly working in places where I generally need to have my laptop on mute.

So, the suggestion is to allow MUSHclient to have a way that would allow alerts in the taskbar notification area (aka system tray.) I should then be able to create a notification with a script method. Clicking on the notification should restore MUSHclient to the foreground.

Edit: The suggestion would probably only work if the MUSHclient tray icon feature was enabled by the user.

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 30 Oct 2008 08:36 PM #1

As a work-around until such time as this is implemented, if ever, you could do this:


<timers>
  <timer enabled="y" 
      minute="30"  
      send_to="12" >
  <send>

if not windows_utils_loaded then
  assert (package.loadlib ("windows_utils.dll", "luaopen_windows_utils")) ()
  windows_utils_loaded = true
end -- if

assert (windows_utils.shell_execute ("c:/Program Files/MUSHclient/quest_time.txt"))

</send>

  </timer>
</timers>

The file "windows_utils.dll" is in this download:

http://www.gammon.com.au/files/mushclient/lua5.1_extras/windows_utils.zip

You might need a bit of adjusting to get the time right (eg. make a one-shot timer from when you complete the last quest).

What this does is simply open a text file (quest_time.txt) which would have in it something like "time to quest again" which would appear on top of whatever you are doing, and is a notification to you. It could of course look more innocent, in case people were looking at your screen. (eg. "The Blithers contract is now ready.").

Bast Tue 24 Feb 2009 01:53 PM #2

I also would like to see this. If the notification is too much, maybe just a function that can make the current tray icon blink. Since I use multiple desktops, it would be nice.

Thanks,
Bast