2007-05-03 Murray Cumming <murrayc@murrayc.com>
+ * src/maemo/modest-platform.c:
+ (modest_platform_set_update_interval):
+ * src/modest-defs.h: Store the alarmd cookie ID in gconf, because it
+ aparently stays valid between application instances, so we can use this
+ to remove and reset it later. According to a maemo-developers email from
+ David Weinehall.
+
+2007-05-03 Murray Cumming <murrayc@murrayc.com>
+
* configure.ac: Depend on libalarm for Maemo.
* src/dbus_api/modest-dbus-api.h:
#include <gtk/gtkmenuitem.h>
#include <gtk/gtkmain.h>
#include <string.h>
-
-static cookie_t alarm_cookie = 0;
-
+
gboolean
modest_platform_init (void)
{
gboolean modest_platform_set_update_interval (guint minutes)
{
+ ModestConf *conf = modest_runtime_get_conf ();
+ if (!conf)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ cookie_t alarm_cookie = modest_conf_get_int (conf, MODEST_CONF_ALARM_ID, NULL);
+
/* Delete any existing alarm,
* because we will replace it: */
if (alarm_cookie) {
/* TODO: What does the alarm_event_del() return value mean? */
alarm_event_del(alarm_cookie);
alarm_cookie = 0;
+ modest_conf_set_int (conf, MODEST_CONF_ALARM_ID, 0, NULL);
}
/* 0 means no updates: */
alarm_cookie = alarm_event_add (&event);
+ /* Store the alarm ID in GConf, so we can remove it later:
+ * This is apparently valid between application instances. */
+ modest_conf_set_int (conf, MODEST_CONF_ALARM_ID, alarm_cookie, NULL);
+
if (!alarm_cookie) {
/* Error */
- printf ("Error setting alarm event. Error code: '%d'\n", alarmd_get_error ());
+ const alarm_error_t alarm_error = alarmd_get_error ();
+ printf ("Error setting alarm event. Error code: '%d'\n", alarm_error);
+
+ /* Give people some clue: */
+ /* The alarm API should have a function for this: */
+ if (alarm_error == ALARMD_ERROR_DBUS) {
+ printf (" ALARMD_ERROR_DBUS: An error with D-Bus occurred, probably coudn't get a D-Bus connection.\n");
+ } else if (alarm_error == ALARMD_ERROR_CONNECTION) {
+ printf (" ALARMD_ERROR_CONNECTION: Could not contact alarmd via D-Bus.\n");
+ } else if (alarm_error == ALARMD_ERROR_INTERNAL) {
+ printf (" ALARMD_ERROR_INTERNAL: Some alarmd or libalarm internal error, possibly a version mismatch.\n");
+ } else if (alarm_error == ALARMD_ERROR_MEMORY) {
+ printf (" ALARMD_ERROR_MEMORY: A memory allocation failed.\n");
+ } else if (alarm_error == ALARMD_ERROR_ARGUMENT) {
+ printf (" ALARMD_ERROR_ARGUMENT: An argument given by caller was invalid.\n");
+ }
+
return FALSE;
}
#define MODEST_CONF_SHOW_TOOLBAR MODEST_CONF_NAMESPACE "/show_toolbar"
#define MODEST_CONF_SHOW_TOOLBAR_FULLSCREEN MODEST_CONF_NAMESPACE "/show_toolbar_fullscreen"
+/* This is the alarmd cookie, obtained from alarm_event_add(),
+ * which apparently remains valid between application instances.
+ * We store it so that we can remove it later.
+ */
+#define MODEST_CONF_ALARM_ID MODEST_CONF_NAMESPACE "/alarm_id"
+
/*
* in the maemo case, we try to replace this
* with the device name