[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 #3 from Landry Breuil <landry at xfce.org> ---
(In reply to Matt Zagrabelny from comment #2)
> 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.

Yes, maybe, but that means architecture changes. Which adds complexity. Have
you looked at the alternative provided by simple-libmpd.c ? There's no way i'll
add a callback-mechanism to it mimicking what the one from libmpd does...

> > - 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.

Your sentence doesnt really help the discussion here. I raised some valid UI
concerns, to which you absolutely didnt reply.. 

> > 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.

Then you can try the genmon plugin. And then you'll realize it's not so easy to
fit variable-width text on the panel....

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