jabber-wmii.el

;; jabber-wmii.el - emacs-jabber interface to wmii

;; Copyright (C) 2007 - Detlev Zundel - dzu@gnu.org

;; This file is a part of jabber.el.

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(eval-when-compile (require 'jabber-alert))

(defvar jabber-wmii-color "#ffffff #335577 #447799"
  "Color specification as needed by the wmii window manager for the jabber alert messages.")

(defvar jabber-wmii-reset-time "20 sec"
  "If non-nil time to reset wmii message.  If nil the message has to be cleared by other means, i.e. from wmiirc.")

(defvar jabber-wmii-timer nil
  "Timer to clear wmii message.")

(defun jabber-wmii-clear ()
  "Clear any previous message output through wmii window manager."
  (condition-case e
      (call-process "wmiir" nil nil nil "remove" "/rbar/jabber")
    (error nil)))
  
(defun jabber-wmii-message (text &optional title)
  "Show MSG in wmii."
  (when jabber-wmii-timer
    (cancel-timer jabber-wmii-timer))
  (let ((tmp (make-temp-file temporary-file-directory)))
    (with-temp-file tmp
      (insert  jabber-wmii-color " " (or title text)))
    ;; Possible errors include not finding the wmiir binary, and
    ;; too many pipes open because of message flood.
    (condition-case e
	(call-process "wmiir" tmp nil nil "create" "/rbar/jabber")
      (error nil))
    (delete-file tmp))
  (when jabber-wmii-reset-time
    (setq jabber-wmii-timer
	  (run-at-time jabber-wmii-reset-time nil 'jabber-wmii-clear))))

(define-jabber-alert wmii "Show a message through the wmii window manager."
  'jabber-wmii-message)

(provide 'jabber-wmii)