A short outside history of Xfce

[Andrew Conkling]

On 5/3/06, Stefan Stuhr <xfceuserslist at sstuhr.dk> wrote:
> I like to have my launchers in categories, with the most used/important
> application as the main launcher and other applications in the category
> in the submenu.
>
> Currently, I have the following categories:
> * Terminal, with Terminal as main launcher.
> * Utilities, with gedit as main launcher.
> * File management, with Thunar as main launcher.
> * Internet, with Mozilla Firefox as main launcher.
> * Communication, with Evolution mail as main launcher.
> * Office/Productivity, with AbiWord as main launcher.
> * Graphics, with an image viewer as main launcher.
> * Multimedia, currently with Rhythmbox as main launcher (I don't use it
> much).
> * System, with xfce-setting-show as main launcher.
> * Print, without submenu.
> * Lock screen/Log out, with xflock4 as main launcher, and "Log out" and
>   "Hibernate" in submenu.

Ah, so basically, you want the entire system menu categorized on the panel. :-P

What you describe does seem pretty useful; perhaps you/someone should
write a panel plugin that does just that. ;)

Cheers,
A