[Chandler-dev] Proposal/Call for volunteers/Brain dump: Showing reminders when Chandler isn't running

[Mike Taylor]

On Jul 25, 2006, at 7:28 PM, Grant Baillie wrote:

>
> On 5 Jul, 2006, at 22:07, Mike Taylor wrote:
>
>> If the reminder/event information is dumped to a flat file then any 
>> low-impact program could sit in the task-tray/status-bar of each OS 
>> and run thru a check-for-file, check-for-reminder-hit, go-to-sleep 
>> cycle every minute.
>>
>> The actual notification process could be tailored for each OS: Growl 
>> for OS X, pop-up dialog for Windows, etc
>>
>> The program could even check to see if chandler is running and if so 
>> open a simple connection to give more value-added services.
>>
>> As for how to start the program, each OS provides an area that if a 
>> program is listed it will be started when the user logs into the 
>> system.
>
> More specifically, "an area" == ?
>
> - Mac OS X: An entry in ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist
>
> - Windows: A "startup items" folder/registry entry?

	C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

> - Linux: ?

	Gnome:	Preferences --> Sessions --> Startup Programs
	KDE:	~/.kde/Autostart
	X:		.xinitrc

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