Re: [Iruka-devel] Chat dialog.

[Erwan Loisant]

Petr Klyushkin wrote:
>  Erwan> Hello Petr.  I had a look at your "return" key management and
>  Erwan> I think you are wrong.
>
>  Erwan> - wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER: that means "instead of managing
>  Erwan> internally the return key, send an event".  
>  Erwan> - wxTE_MULTILINE: implicitely include wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER.
>
>  Erwan> What we need is exactly the contrary of what
>  Erwan> wxTE_PROCESS_ENTER is. So you should remove it (moreover under
>  Erwan> win32 I have an evil warning) and connect your process
>  Erwan> enter_enter method to the wxEVENT_TYPE_TEXT_ENTER_COMMAND
>  Erwan> event.
>
> I've done it in slightly another way: it now handles wxEVT_CHAR event
> looking for WXK_RETURN.  Pressing Ret key will send a message,
> pressing C-Ret key will insert a line-break into a message.  Of
> course, you can use 'Send' button instead of pressing a key.

Ok, you really want your "enter" key to send messages... I don't like 
it, since user will mistake between messages mode and chat mode. We need 
something homogeneous between the two, but we can do it configurable so 
any user will choose the behaviour he prefers.

More important, the control should not send directly the message. 
Control could be more complicated than a simple text input (for example 
changing the text while typing) but sending message should be done be 
chat window class.

It will not change behaviour but it is important for design. If an other 
developer (or you, or me in a few month) try to look how message is send 
he will look in chat window. Sending it directly from text input is 
really strange.

> Sure.  It also would be nice to place an indicator to show
> online-status of a interlocutor.

I'll do it using window icon and name.