gpodder
Please add a way to start gPodder minimized with a command line option while resuming downloads without asking
Please add a way to start gPodder minimized with a command line option (so that I can get it to start minimized only when started as a startup application) and a way to automatically resume downloads without asking when opening gPodder (perhaps in gPodder's preferences). I would like to download podcasts in the background whenever my computer is on, and these would enable me to add gPodder to my startup applications and have the downloads resume automatically when I log in.
There is an extension in preferences under "Interface" called "Minimize on start". I don't know if gpodder would stay minimized if starting up with episodes to resume. But it should be simple to add a setting to auto-resume.
I've used that, but it would be nice if I could add it to the startup applications in a way that minimizes it, but only then. If I were to launch it manually, it would start unminimized.
Oh, I missed that part, a command line option would be needed. Do you know if gpodder stays minimized with that extension if there are episodes to resume?
It starts unminimized, then quickly minimizes, even if there are downloads to resume.
As someone who uses minimize at start, if the auto-resume preference was not enabled (default), would you prefer it remain as-is, restore gpodder to unminimized, or show a notification to resume downloads?
It could perhaps be an option to resume downloading on startup in Preferences, Updating. With it turned off, you get the current behavior of it asking whether you want to resume. With it turned on, it just starts resuming.
Ya, that is how the auto-resume preference would work. I meant how should the minimize work if there are downloads to resume, and auto-resume is not enabled. Current behavior just hides the window and the user has no idea there are is a resume button. Should it keep doing this, unminimize gpodder or just show a notification?
I guess you could have two command line options like --start-minimized and --start-minimized-unless-question or something like that. With the automatic resuming on start, there wouldn't be a question, so --start-minimized would work for that.