XChat Notification Area Plugin
After installing xchat-systray and then quickly removing it in shock and disgust, I decided to do a quick hack using the XChat Python plugin. Lo and behold, a notification area plugin for XChat which displays an icon in the notification area on interesting events, and nothing else.
It's short, simple, and straight to the point. When someone talks to you, an icon appears in the notification area. When you switch to the relevant tab, the icon disappears. There is nothing to configure, and it does nothing else. Pure simplicity, and a whole 70 lines of source.
It requires the Python XChat plugin and python-gnome-extras, but assuming you have that just drop this file into ~/.xchat2/ and restart XChat. Voila! At this point you'll notice that I've not even bothered to use a decent icon, but I will soon, honest.
