Startup Notification

[Danny]

Hi!

Am Die, 2003-06-17 um 19.48 schrieb James Earl:
> On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 11:40, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > On Tue, 17, Jun 2003, James Earl wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 16:58, Benedikt Meurer wrote:
> > > > On 2003.06.17 18:46, James Earl wrote:
> > > > > What is the status on startup notification support? Is it supposed to
> > > > > work?
> > > > 
> > > > It works fine. Just install startup-notification and recompile the 
> > > > panel and the window manager (you may need to check if configure was 
> > > > able to recognize startup-notification library on your system).
> > > 
> > > Thanks, does startup-notification work with any application?  I think I
> > > may be having a problem with it.  configure detects the
> > > startup-notification-1.0 libraries just fine.  I check "Use startup
> > > notification" on the Change item dialog.  When I click on the
> > > application, it loads up normally, but in addition the hour glass mouse
> > > icon stays on for about 30 seconds or so, and the application doesn't
> > > show up in the taskbar until it has loaded.
> > 
> > Currently only Gtk2 apps supports the startup-notification protocol. Thats
> > why startup-notification is optional (in that you need to check a check
> > box to use it).
> 
> Ya, I think that's an excellent way to have it setup.
> 
> How does gnome-panel work around applications that don't support
> startup-notification?

You mean, if you set the checkbox anyways, although app X doesnt support
it? It just "waits" 30 sec and if it doesnt get a reply in this time, it
just hides the wait cursor away, afaik ;)

cheers,
   Danny