[Adium-devl] Global proxy settings?

[Viksit Gaur]

Evan Schoenberg wrote:
> Rather than defining some sort of 'global' proxy (where would it go? Is
> it really a commonly needed thing given that for most users the
> Locations system should be sufficient), how about this as an alternative
> solution:
> Account groups, similar in interface within the Accounts prefs to how
> the Saved Status groups work.

Hmm, if I understand this correctly,

- Facility to create a number of groups
- A group could have a number of accounts associated with it
- Each group can have different proxy settings
	- These proxy settings are reflected on to all child accounts
		- only if they are set to use the group proxy
	- Otherwise, they utilize their own personal settings as available today
- Only one group can be activated at one time.

> 
> the group at once to a single status.  Options for a group would be the
> usual personal and proxy options.. 

I'm not quite sure what you mean by the  "personal" option.  As I see
it, you can just create a group which has settings such as a proxy, and
anything else which we want to tack on later. And into each group, you
can add any number of accounts. Only one group can be enabled at any
given time, just like a status message, and if you want to flip proxies
for instance, just activate the other group, and those settings are
reflected across all child accounts.

> individual accounts would fall back
> on the group's settings for personal  if they are set (as an
> intermediary between the account and the global Personal prefs) and
> would show "use group proxy settings" in the proxy menu if within a group.
> 
> Thoughts?  Being able to do connection profiles for various reasons
> (work vs. home for example) is a fairly old and common request.  Viksit,
> do you think this would solve your situation as well or better?

Well, the benefit of having account groups is probably that we can add
on other common features to the groups, rather than explicitly create
"connection profiles" whose use would be limited.  But it looks like it
would be a good dsolution.

Cheers
Viksit

> 
> -Evan
> 
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> On Mar 1, 2007, at 1:54 AM, Andrew Harvey wrote:
> 
>> What would be fantastic would be (DUN DUN DUN!) AppleScript support,
>> through which proxy settings could easily be set, allowing me to use
>> startup items, Quicksilver or some sort of black magic to trigger
>> various scripts for various configurations. I know, I'm just dreaming,
>> but it would be really cool.
> 
> I think that preferences-setting AppleScript support is independent of a
> solution to the problem if one is needed but would still be Good to
> have.  Someone who actually cares about AppleScript needs to take
> 'ownership' of it if it's going to develop... I did almost all of our
> current support in response to repeated requests for scripting support,
> and I believe Peter did some significant work cleaning it up... I can't
> speak for him, but I honestly don't personally care about scripting of
> Adium at all. That's not to say that it's not an important or useful
> thing to have -- just that it's very difficult to get motivated to take
> on a project and then maintain it across developments if you have no
> desire to use it.
> 
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