We decided NIDs are unique within a session

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Mike Hearn 2004-07-06 20:48:50 +00:00
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@ -90,13 +90,15 @@ A notification has the following components:
not required (this is for compatibility with KNotify).
Each notification displayed is allocated a unique ID by the server
(FIXME: should this be unique within a session, or just unique while
the notification is active?). This can be used to hide the
notification before the expiration time is reached. It can also be used to
atomically replace the notification with another: this allows you to
(for instance) modify the contents of a notification while it's
on-screen.
Each notification displayed is allocated a unique ID by the server.
This is unique within the session - while the notification server is
running the ID will not be recycled unless the capacity of a uint32 is
exceeded.
This can be used to hide the notification before the expiration time
is reached. It can also be used to atomically replace the notification
with another: this allows you to (for instance) modify the contents of
a notification while it's on-screen.
BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY