From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Popup with Weekly Agenda? Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:00:52 +0100 Message-ID: <4A2CFD74.3030200@manor-farm.org> References: <4A29891C.4060103@gmx.de> <18985.40915.446008.195981@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <4A2A1305.3020707@manor-farm.org> <18986.18993.624454.358724@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <4A2BE185.4070303@manor-farm.org> <18988.2483.667852.67102@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: lists@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDdXD-00089u-W5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:01:04 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDdXC-000898-8B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:01:03 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33792 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDdXB-000891-NY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:01:02 -0400 Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([72.14.178.130]:43390) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MDdX9-0003Ol-Ea for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:00:59 -0400 Received: from localhost (mail.wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88F0CCCC9 for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:00:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id R9o-LOvmUHYE for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:00:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.0.55] (unknown [217.146.125.41]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E6CB9CCBC for ; Mon, 8 Jun 2009 13:00:55 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <18988.2483.667852.67102@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: emacs-orgmode >> I am hacking together something which creates a gtk Tray Icon and uses a >> standard gtk window for the notification. it's basically working, but I >> need to make the gtk window look more like a Notify window and get a >> grip on the rather complex way gtkTextBuffer marks up text. > > Another possibility would be to use conky which draws on the root > window directly instead of on top of everything else. You could have > the agenda constantly displayed then. Conky does support full > colouring. > > Whether this is useful for anybody or not is another story, of > course... I use conky myself, but it's already a bit cluttered with lots of info, including the status of my MythTV box:) A pop up window would be useful to me and other family members, who aren't emacs users. I now have a working prototype which uses a Tray Icon to display a pop up window. I abandoned trying to colour text in a gtk TextBuf myself and went with pygtkcodebuffer, which is a syntax highlighting derivative of gtkTextBuf. This has the advantage that you can easily define your own syntax to produce whatever colouring effect takes your fancy. I'll rewrite my prototype to get rid of all the cruft and put it on github later this week. Ian.