From ce4a32fe52ef09d8f5ff1dd22c001110902b60a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: toma Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:58 +0000 Subject: Copy the KDE 3.5 branch to branches/trinity for new KDE 3.5 features. BUG:215923 git-svn-id: svn://anonsvn.kde.org/home/kde/branches/trinity/kdelibs@1054174 283d02a7-25f6-0310-bc7c-ecb5cbfe19da --- arts/knotify/README | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+) create mode 100644 arts/knotify/README (limited to 'arts/knotify/README') diff --git a/arts/knotify/README b/arts/knotify/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3257cdc33 --- /dev/null +++ b/arts/knotify/README @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +About KNotify + +Historic overview. From KDE-1 to KDE-2: +--------------------------------------- +KDE-1 ships with a notification system for window manager events - a sound +could be played for example on startup or when a window closes. This was a +very limited notification system. + +KNotify in contrast is a very flexible notification system. It can easily be +accessed by any application, and notifications can have several +presentations: Sound is still supported, but you can as well display a +message box, write a text to a log file or log window. + +The notification presentation will be user configurable. Some people don't +like message boxes popping up at unexpected times, so they prefer sounds +instead. Deaf people on the otehr hand will not be happy about desktop +sounds. + + + +Usage: +------ +1. Compile +2. Start knotify +3. Test it with knotifyclient. + +Ideas: +------ +It might be useful to modify message presentation from time to time. For +example, while the screen is locked, it is very likely that the user is not +present. Thus, he will not be able to hear a "You have mail" sound (or to +see a talk request). Re-routing this to a log window sounds like a very good +idea. -- cgit v1.2.1