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I presume just like anyone else who has some essential/favourite programs in Windows tries to find either the same or similar in any other OS they work with. In this case my search is that of a mail notifier that also includes the preview and delete functions. And the one I have found whose source code is available is, as stated in the subject, PopTray.
I have found a Linux 'port' of the program named PopTray Minus though its recommended 'requirements' of either using KDE or GNOME does not make it as flexible as I would like this kind of programs to be (working with any DM/WM).
The thing is that the PopTray source code is written in Delphi 7.0 . So the question is, after reading Dusty's sticky thread, does it (still) make it a suitable AUR package to be requested?
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The thing is that the PopTray source code is written in Delphi 7.0
As far as I can tell, it's just a python package. You can try this out:
pkgname=poptrayminus
pkgver=0.9.0
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A POP3 mailbox monitor with tray icon notifications"
arch=('any')
url="http://server-pro.com/poptrayminus/"
license=('GPL3')
depends=('python2-chardet' 'python2-pyqt')
source=(http://server-pro.com/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz)
sha256sums=('21fea89a59fc3f212d9cc17020f97b838f715d31da7b52f3606f2768f517a2ce')
build() {
cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
python2 setup.py build
}
package() {
cd "$srcdir/$pkgname-$pkgver"
python2 setup.py install --root="$pkgdir" --optimize=1
}
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Last edited by tdy (2013-02-28 01:14:01)
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Oh I see, you don't want poptrayminus. You want the original poptray.
Well it might be possible with fpc, but it didn't seem to work when I tinkered with it. So... hopefully someone has enough pascal experience to figure this out easily, or has the time/motivation to get it working.
Last edited by tdy (2013-02-28 02:10:26)
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Yes tdy, I would prefer the 'original' PopTray. Thanks anyway.
Hopefully someone would have the time as, as far as I have checked, this type of mail checkers/notifiers is a real 'rara avis' in the GNU/Linux environment.
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Many delphi programs use the Borland VCL library, of which there's no linux version.
(borland had a crossplatfrom version called kylix, but development stopped in 2006 or so).
Lazarus has the Lazarus Component Library (LCL) that offers similar functionality to the VCL.
I haven't looked at the poptray code, but chances are that to run Poptray on linux, the code will have to be ported to fpc/lazarus .
Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2013-02-28 15:21:15)
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It is a a pity to read that crossplatform tools for this kind of things are deprecated.
I presume that, unless greener pastures appear for the original PopTray program, I meanwhile might have a closer look to what tdy posted. I will try to report back in case someone else is interested on this kind of programs.
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