[Goodies-dev] [Bug 12074] Provide an option to list the "tool tip" string in the panel

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12074

--- Comment #2 from Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe at d.umn.edu> ---
Hi Landry,

Thanks for the comments.

(In reply to Landry Breuil from comment #1)
> Hm, i dont really like this, for several reasons:
> 
> - it adds one more knob to the config, the plugin wasnt meant to be more
> than just a simple control client

So then new features shouldn't be added? I'd rather "improve" on one common
software than fork or start a new project.

> - it would mean polling every X seconds the server to know the currently
> playing track, which would be resource-consuming and require some
> architecture changes. Right now, the plugin connects to the server *only* if
> the mouse is over it for the tooltip or to get the status/outputs.

It wouldn't be any more expensive than any of the dozens of other MPD clients
out there - they all show the current song (amongst other data). I'd imagine
there is some mechanism to receive updates that isn't terribly resource
intensive.

> - how would it fit graphically in a panel ? The tooltip string length can
> change *a lot*, so should the space vary according to this ? A fixed maximum
> width ? Text scrolling ? All that would be ugly.

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder.

> To be honest, you can also use conky to do this and display mpd status on
> your root desktop window..;

Yep. I know about conky, but I'd like something in the panel.

It doesn't sound like you are champing at the bit to work on this. Would you
consider a patch?

Thanks!

-m

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