Added a statusicon, not sure if it works since I'm still using OS X with X11

mitterlib/ui/ui_pygtk.py

@@ -963,7 +963,14 @@ class Interface(object):
         iter = self._grid.get_model().get_iter(path)
         message = self._grid.get_model().get_value(iter, 0)
 
+        if message.read:
+            return True
+
         message.read = True
+        self._new_message_count -= 1
+
+        if self._new_message_count == 0 and self._statusicon:
+            self._statusicon.set_from_file(find_image('mitter.png'))
 
         return True
 
@@ -1001,6 +1008,11 @@ class Interface(object):
         self._refresh_id = gobject.timeout_add(
                 interval * 60 * 1000,
                 self._refresh, None)
+
+        self._new_message_count += len(results)
+        if self._new_message_count > 0 and self._statusicon:
+            self._statusicon.set_from_file(find_image('mitter-new.png'))
+
         return
 
     def _exception_get_messages(self, widget, exception):
@@ -1145,6 +1157,7 @@ class Interface(object):
         # interthread communication.
         self._delete_iter = None
         self._reply_message_id = None
+        self._new_message_count = 0
 
         return
 
@@ -1154,6 +1167,12 @@ class Interface(object):
 
         self._main_window = self._create_main_window()
         self._main_window.show_all()
+
+        if self._options[self.NAMESPACE]['statusicon']:
+            self._statusicon = gtk.StatusIcon()
+            self._statusicon.set_from_file(find_image('mitter.png'))
+        else:
+            self._statusicon = None
         self._threads = _ThreadManager()
 
         # queue the first fetch
@@ -1173,6 +1192,11 @@ class Interface(object):
                 metavar='MINUTES',
                 default=5,
                 conflict_group='interface')
+        options.add_option('--use-statusicon',
+                group=self.NAMESPACE,
+                option='statusicon',
+                default=True,
+                conflict_group='interface')
         # Most of the options for non-cmd-options are useless, but I'm keeping
         # them as documentation.
         options.add_option(