drop-down list of previously visited servers

[micah@…]

I typically have to connect to 3 or so different gobby servers for various projects I am working on. I can never remember the server names, and constantly have to ask until I end up putting them in a text file somewhere.

It would be really nice if after the first time you visit a gobby server, that server name was saved in a list that you could choose from, like a drop-down list in the server selection area. Right now it saves the previous server, which is nice, but I want to be able to select amongst several different servers, not just the previous one.

[armin]

This is implemented in Gobby 0.4.9x. Use the <up> and <down> keys as on a command line to cycle between recently used servers. It's not obvious, though. I'll consider adding a drop-down list to select one.

[micah@…]

I'm using 0.4.9-2 from Debian unstable and I am not seeing what you are describing. If I click "Join Session" then put my cursor in the Host box, and use up and down arrow keys, I find that the down arrow key brings me down to the Port box and the up arrow key doesn't do anything.

[armin]

Gobby 0.4.9 is not part of the 0.4.9x line. I mean Gobby 0.4.90 onwards, which are experimental versions leading to Gobby 0.5. This is incompatible to 0.4.9, though. I don't think it is in Debian yet, but Phil knows better.

[phil]

Actually it's only in experimental as gobby-0.5/gobby-infinote because it's not yet stable protocol-wise. Now it's the question if we want to backport it to 0.4.9, no?

[armin]

I'd rather spend time on infinote / Gobby 0.4.9x.

[armin]

I added a dropdown list for 0.4.93. I will consider patches if someone implements the same for the stable Gobby 0.4.x version, but I won't do it myself. Note that the relevant classes from Gobby 0.4.9x require Gio (and thus glibmm 2.16) which 0.4.x currently doesn't.