pinboard update

[Benjamin Rich]

I've started harvesting some of the rox-filer (2.1.0) code, namely 
pinboard.c and pinboard.h, and putting it in the xfdesktop module 
(4.0.3). I think I've managed a fairly successful integration into the 
create_fullscreen_window() function to initialize the desktop window 
(now also the pinboard base window) although I haven't tested it. Made 
all the easier, of course, because the code for this function was 
originally appropriated from the pinboard init function in rox-filer =)

I still haven't begun on the other pinboard functions, and their 
integration - there seems to be so much infrastructure to just run the 
pinboard that I've decided I'll probably just leave the 
pinboard-specific functions in their own pinboard.c/h files, and access 
them through a modified API.

Now for the fun part - I'm doing this with no prior knowledge of GTK! 
'Awesome', I hear you all gasp with confidence and joy. I taught myself 
PHP4, C++ and BASIC, so I don't think I'm completely out of my depth - 
but it would really really help if anyone with any tips on the code 
could send their suggestions. That is - I'll post my code (the main.c/h 
modules, and pinboard.c/h modules) to the mailing list (if this is okay) 
and if anyone can offer suggestions on it that would really help.

Once I get my feet with the code in xfdesktop/main.c, I'll start doing 
all the pinboard work on current CVS versions of xfdesktop.

If anyone would like to help me code the pinboard you are of course 
welcome =)  Please email me if you'e got some ideas or want to code a 
particular bit.

Also, since I am humbly submitting this as the Proper-Type Official XFCE 
Pinboard Project (unless there's already one, but it doesn't seem like 
there's anything in development), now is your chance to submit feature 
requests =)  I am envisaging, somewhere down the track, a pinboard with 
options for:
-scaling of icons of any size (32/48/64/72/96 etc.) - rox only seems to 
support 32x at the moment
-the choice to show all applications running (in all desktops, or only 
on the current desktop) that are minimized, or just any and all apps
-alpha-blending on icons
-a better space-finding function for finding available slots for newly 
minimized icons to go into - the current function is very basic
-some kind of more powerful management of all the running programs on 
the pinboard - perhaps a simple search applet, or colour-coding icons 
according to how much CPU the process they're referring to is using 
(white -> red border as CPU consumption increases)
-a panel applet like the one in gnome which can be clicked on, and will 
display a list of all running programs, separated by their desktop or 
status.


Well, I think I've written something suitably long enough now =P

Tell me what you think and if you'd like to be in the project =)

-Ben

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