Putting items is system tray

[Dave Wood]

On (12:48 02/10/08), Erik Harrison <erikharrison at gmail.com> put forth the proposition:
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:47 AM, Dave Wood <dave at unrealize.co.uk> wrote:
> > I have added a sys tray to my bottom panel (I don't use the top one
> > anymore). Some programs like pidgin, korn etc put an icon in the sys tray
> > as expected, but two things prefer to put their icons next to the clock
> > instead - clipper and battery monitor plugins.
> 
> The systray is just a notification area for running programs to drop
> alerts and the like to. The panel plugins aren't background programs
> necessarily, they're part of (plug in to) the panel, which is why
> their icons don't go into the systray itself.
> 
> As far as keeping the panel clean, I just turn off the systray frame,
> and put my plugins directly beside it.

Thanks. Will be better that way.

> 
> >
> > I am wondering if this is something to do with the order that installed
> > these plugins, or if they are designed not to go in sys tray.
> >
> > Could someone enlighten me which is the case and whether its possible to
> > force those programs into the sys tray?
> >
> > Just like things to be neater ;)
> >
> > Cheers
> >
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