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Bug 138850 - Gossip does not automatically reconnect.
Gossip does not automatically reconnect.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 121003
Product: gossip
Classification: Deprecated
Component: General
0.7.X
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Gossip Maintainers
Gossip Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-04-02 14:38 UTC by Scott Russell
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Scott Russell 2004-04-02 14:38:06 UTC 
Use Gossip.  Disconnect network cable. Wait.  Reconnect network cable.  Silly
dialog box will have appeared asking if you want to reconnect.

Instead, wouldn;'t the world be a better place if a "not connected" icon
appeared in my task bar, and it just tried to reconenct ever 10 seconds or so? 
That way, a) my workflow won't be interrupted until I want it to be (investigate
the "disconnnected" icon) and b) I won't alt-tab the window away, bury it under
emacs and three vterms and forget there is a problem.

Are there any situations in which you *wouldn't* want to reconnect?  Could there
be a preference for auto-reconnent?  GAIM handles this with a plugin, but that
plugin *also* asks for attention and pops up connection windows that steal focus
and interrupt workflow.
Comment 1 Scott Russell 2004-04-02 14:39:44 UTC 
Sorry about the terrible typing.  Gossip actually popped up a  "do you want to
reconnect" dialog while I was entering the bug and broke my concentration. :)
Comment 2 Mikael Hallendal 2004-04-03 10:09:11 UTC 
Hehe, yeah we know about this, it's also in #121003, will mark this one as
duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 121003 ***