minor xfce4 CVS update

[Biju Chacko]

On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:52:00 +0200, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:

> Botsie this is mainly meant for you. I started working on some issues
> with the vertical panel (the dialog should work now). Please check out
> the changes before committing any work yourself. 

+OK

> Are you planning to work more on the panel? If so please drop me or
> the list an e-mail to prevent us from working on the same parts of the
> code.

I haven't quite decided yet. See my previous post.

> And just commit to CVS if you think something is ready to go in. No
> need to send me the patch first unless you want my opinion on
> something. We can always revert the changes if necessary ;-)

I disagree. Two reasons:

* You are the xfce4 maintainer, you need to know exactly what is  
happening to the code. I'd expect the same courtesy with respect to
xfdeskmenu.

* I'm not too confident of my 'C' skills. :-)

> I need to do a proper code audit (of my own code that is), because
> there are reports of memory corruption and I'm not feeling too sure
> about some things myself. However, I don't think it will be before the
> weekend that I'll find the time to start work on that. 
> 
> There are two changes that I think we need first:
> 1) popups should be positioned next to the button in vertical mode,
>    aligned to the top or the bottom.
> 2) In vertical mode the move handles should be on the same side of the
>    panel (making it look more like the panel turned 90 degrees) or on
>    top and at the bottom. Then we can allow traditional style without
>    making it look strange.

I'll try to take a look at these issues, probably after a day or two.

-- b

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