add an option to override incoming message type. fixes #2804

data/glade/preferences_window.glade

@@ -485,6 +485,61 @@ Per type</property>
 		</packing>
 	      </child>
 
+	      <child>
+		<widget class="GtkHBox" id="hbox3024">
+		  <property name="visible">True</property>
+		  <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
+		  <property name="spacing">0</property>
+
+		  <child>
+		    <widget class="GtkLabel" id="label387">
+		      <property name="visible">True</property>
+		      <property name="label" translatable="yes">Treat incoming and single messages as:</property>
+		      <property name="use_underline">False</property>
+		      <property name="use_markup">False</property>
+		      <property name="justify">GTK_JUSTIFY_LEFT</property>
+		      <property name="wrap">False</property>
+		      <property name="selectable">False</property>
+		      <property name="xalign">0.5</property>
+		      <property name="yalign">0.5</property>
+		      <property name="xpad">1</property>
+		      <property name="ypad">0</property>
+		      <property name="ellipsize">PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_NONE</property>
+		      <property name="width_chars">-1</property>
+		      <property name="single_line_mode">False</property>
+		      <property name="angle">0</property>
+		    </widget>
+		    <packing>
+		      <property name="padding">0</property>
+		      <property name="expand">False</property>
+		      <property name="fill">False</property>
+		    </packing>
+		  </child>
+
+		  <child>
+		    <widget class="GtkComboBox" id="treat_incoming_messages_combobox">
+		      <property name="visible">True</property>
+		      <property name="items" translatable="yes">Determined by sender
+Chat message
+Single message</property>
+		      <property name="add_tearoffs">False</property>
+		      <property name="focus_on_click">True</property>
+		      <signal name="changed" handler="on_treat_incoming_messages_combobox_changed" last_modification_time="Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:16:54 GMT"/>
+		    </widget>
+		    <packing>
+		      <property name="padding">0</property>
+		      <property name="expand">False</property>
+		      <property name="fill">False</property>
+		    </packing>
+		  </child>
+		</widget>
+		<packing>
+		  <property name="padding">0</property>
+		  <property name="expand">False</property>
+		  <property name="fill">True</property>
+		</packing>
+	      </child>
+
 	      <child>
 		<widget class="GtkHBox" id="hbox2947">
 		  <property name="visible">True</property>

src/common/config.py

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ opt_str = [ 'string', 0 ]
 opt_bool = [ 'boolean', 0 ]
 opt_color = [ 'color', '^(#[0-9a-fA-F]{6})|()$' ]
 opt_one_window_types = ['never', 'always', 'peracct', 'pertype']
+opt_treat_incoming_messages = ['', 'chat', 'normal']
 
 class Config:
 
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ class Config:
 		'enable_negative_priority': [ opt_bool, False, _('If True, you will be able to set a negative priority to your account in account modification window. BE CAREFUL, when you are logged in with a negative priority, you will NOT receive any message from your server.')],
 		'use_gnomekeyring': [opt_bool, True, _('If True, Gajim will use Gnome Keyring (if available) to store account passwords.')],
 		'show_contacts_number': [opt_bool, True, _('If True, Gajim will show number of online and total contacts in account and group rows.')],
+		'treat_incoming_messages': [ opt_str, '', _('Can be empty, \'chat\' or \'normal\'. If not empty, treat all incoming messages as if they were of this type')],
 	}
 
 	__options_per_key = {

src/common/connection_handlers.py

@@ -1446,6 +1446,7 @@ class ConnectionHandlers(ConnectionVcard, ConnectionBytestream, ConnectionDisco,
 					subject = subject)
 			self.dispatch('MSGERROR', (frm, msg.getErrorCode(), error_msg, msgtxt,
 				tim))
+			return
 		elif mtype == 'groupchat':
 			has_timestamp = False
 			if msg.timestamp:
@@ -1459,9 +1460,10 @@ class ConnectionHandlers(ConnectionVcard, ConnectionBytestream, ConnectionDisco,
 				if not self.last_history_line.has_key(jid):
 					return
 				self.dispatch('GC_MSG', (frm, msgtxt, tim, has_timestamp, msghtml))
-				if self.name not in no_log_for and not int(float(time.mktime(tim))) <= \
+				if self.name not in no_log_for and not int(float(time.mktime(tim)))\
-					self.last_history_line[jid] and msgtxt:
+				<= self.last_history_line[jid] and msgtxt:
 					gajim.logger.write('gc_msg', frm, msgtxt, tim = tim)
+			return
 		elif mtype == 'chat': # it's type 'chat'
 			if not msg.getTag('body') and chatstate is None: #no <body>
 				return
@@ -1469,8 +1471,6 @@ class ConnectionHandlers(ConnectionVcard, ConnectionBytestream, ConnectionDisco,
 				no_log_for and msgtxt:
 				msg_id = gajim.logger.write('chat_msg_recv', frm, msgtxt, tim = tim,
 					subject = subject)
-			self.dispatch('MSG', (frm, msgtxt, tim, encrypted, mtype, subject,
-						chatstate, msg_id, composing_jep, user_nick, msghtml))
 		else: # it's single message
 			if invite is not None:
 				item = invite.getTag('invite')
@@ -1483,7 +1483,11 @@ class ConnectionHandlers(ConnectionVcard, ConnectionBytestream, ConnectionDisco,
 			if self.name not in no_log_for and jid not in no_log_for and msgtxt:
 				gajim.logger.write('single_msg_recv', frm, msgtxt, tim = tim,
 					subject = subject)
-			self.dispatch('MSG', (frm, msgtxt, tim, encrypted, 'normal',
+			mtype = 'normal'
+		treat_as = gajim.config.get('treat_incoming_messages')
+		if treat_as:
+			mtype = treat_as
+		self.dispatch('MSG', (frm, msgtxt, tim, encrypted, mtype,
 			subject, chatstate, msg_id, composing_jep, user_nick, msghtml))
 	# END messageCB
 

src/config.py

@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 		self.notebook = self.xml.get_widget('preferences_notebook')
 		self.one_window_type_combobox =\
 			self.xml.get_widget('one_window_type_combobox')
+		self.treat_incoming_messages_combobox =\
+			self.xml.get_widget('treat_incoming_messages_combobox')
 
 		#FIXME: remove when ANC will be implemented
 		w = self.xml.get_widget('hbox3020')
@@ -182,6 +184,14 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 		else:
 			self.one_window_type_combobox.set_active(0)
 
+		# Set default for treat incoming messages
+		choices = common.config.opt_treat_incoming_messages
+		type = gajim.config.get('treat_incoming_messages')
+		if type in choices:
+			self.treat_incoming_messages_combobox.set_active(choices.index(type))
+		else:
+			self.treat_incoming_messages_combobox.set_active(0)
+
 		# Use transports iconsets
 		st = gajim.config.get('use_transports_iconsets')
 		self.xml.get_widget('transports_iconsets_checkbutton').set_active(st)
@@ -650,6 +660,11 @@ class PreferencesWindow:
 		gajim.interface.save_config()
 		gajim.interface.msg_win_mgr.reconfig()
 
+	def on_treat_incoming_messages_combobox_changed(self, widget):
+		active = widget.get_active()
+		config_type = common.config.opt_treat_incoming_messages[active]
+		gajim.config.set('treat_incoming_messages', config_type)
+
 	def apply_speller(self):
 		for acct in gajim.connections:
 			for ctrl in gajim.interface.msg_win_mgr.controls():