[Twisted-Python] IM: Design ideas
Travis B. Hartwell
slt5v at cc.usu.edu
Mon Feb 4 22:16:28 EST 2002
Hey all,
I hope y'all at IPC10 are having enough fun for the lot of us.
Also, I hope y'all don't get annoyed with my constant feature
requests and ideas and no code (as of yet). I hope to change that.
But, in the meantime, I'm going to continue to throw out my ideas.
Please tear it apart, kill it, praise it, or whatever you wish!
As many of you know, I'm primarily a text-mode (console/xterm/ssh)
and screen kind of guy, though I do live in X when I'm at home.
(Gotta love the maximaxed, borderless xterms!) Anyway, I also am
really enjoying the new GTK IM and the possibilities that it can
offer. I am willing to shift to it as my primary communication
client, ditching epic4 for IRC. But, I really need to be able to
connect to my client from ssh -- using VNC really doesn't work that
well from my cable modem to campus. I could just disconnect from
GTK IM when I leave in the morning and connect via epic under screen
and then reconnect via GTK IM at night. But that is a hassle.
This is what I propose, and ask if this is possible or plausible:
Add another layer between GTK IM and the [twisted.words/TOC/IRC]
supports. This layer will have no UI, but will act as an abstract
client for those support services. It will keep track of all
activity on your joined channels, any /msgs, etc. Then, a UI client
will connect to this layer thingamajig. It will be able to display
all of the activity that has taken place while disconnected and then
will communicate with the twisted.words server via the layer
thingamajig. Then, I need to write a text-mode client for this
(grrr, the annoying part) so I can just re-connect with that when I
ssh into my box, but then later re-attach the GTK client, taking me
back to where it was in the text-mode client.
I don't think I'm being very clear, so I hope y'all understand.
Either one of the clients can automatically start the layer
thingamajig if it isn't already running, so those who don't want the
detachable capability will use the client unawares.
Good, bad, ugly, dumb? How hard?
Nafai
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