On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:19:13 +0200 Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net> wrote: > On Thu, 2013-08-29 at 18:09 +0100, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:21:29 +0200 > > Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> wrote: > > > > > Sharon Kimble: > > > > Cinnamon and Gnome 3 both have a tray that holds all > > > > notification messages until their read and deleted. These > > > > messages are ones like saying that your backup has just > > > > started, or you’ve got 3 new emails, nice simple easily > > > > forgotten ones. But, what is this 'tray'? Can it be used in > > > > fluxbox, or other lighter DE's? > > > > > > I don't know about fluxbox, but most window managers reserve > > > space for the tray in some kind of panel or status bar. Your real > > > question probably is which application puts the information you > > > need into the tray. One example: > > > > > > $ apt-cache search tray icon mail > > > checkgmail - alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux via Atom feeds > > > claws-mail-trayicon - Notification area plugin for Claws Mail > > > xul-ext-firetray - system tray extension for Thunderbird/Firefox > > > alike apps zim - graphical text editor based on wiki technologies > > > > > The notification tray is completely separate from the system tray, > > and is I think, a separate package, and that’s what I'm looking > > for, or something similar. > > > > > If your window manager lacks a tray area you can try the package > > > "trayer". > > > > There already is a system tray in fluxbox, and even though I use > > tint2 as my panel, it still has a system tray in it. I did try > > running 'trayer' but it failed because there was a system tray > > already running. 'trayer another systray > > already running' > > > > Thanks > > Sharon. > > I hate this notification thingy, that btw. doesn't inform you about > all incoming mails, but just of the once for your main account. > However, while I didn't installed the original GNOME thingy, during > testing Cinnamon and Mate I installed mate-notification-daemon and > I'll remove it soon. It is active for Xfce too, try the Debian package > "notification-daemon" and you will be annoyed not only for new emails. > But what/where is the tray that holds the messages from the "notification-daemon", because that’s what I’m looking for. Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/ Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, LibreOffice 4.1.0.4 Registered Linux user 334501
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