Extra MCS Modules

Benedikt Meurer benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de
Fri Oct 22 10:20:36 CEST 2004


James Golden - aka Chibi wrote:
>  'Lo Everyone.

Hello James,

>  Lemme start off with a whopping thankyou to all of the xfce devs. ^_^.
> This project is my paradise, Tracking the 4 to 4.2 development gave me a
> lot of new hope with Linux, finally having a full desktop that runs as
> fast as blackbox, with all of the goodies of gtk.
>  I've been trolling the forums for some time, and decided to do a few
> very tiny things here and there to help improve upon XFCE. One thing
> I've found myself capable of is modifying the code of others. :P
>  [ http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?t=1121 ]
>  This was a quick little diddy I did to add nvidia-settings to the mcs
> manager. Yes, it is a total rip off of the screensaver plugin, but I
> felt like it was worth throwing together. I'm also planning to make a
> few modifications for links to the gnome-system-tools that allow you to
> control common system settings like time, passwords, bootloaders, users,
> and network stuff.
>  XFCE is far beyond any of the current DE's out there today. It's
> usability, simplicity, and speed is stunning. What it's missing, there
> are simple solutions to...
> 
>  Anyway, to the point-- I've got modifying the code for another program
> down, but I know absolutely nothing about automake, or making these
> plugins useable by anyone below a 686.. Any comments? Any suggestions?
> Help? guidance? x_X.. Anything at all?
>  I hope someone finds this usefull. ^^

I could help you with the autotools stuff if you want. Also, we could 
import your work into xfce-goodies.berlios.de if thats ok with you, just 
register yourself with berlios and drop me a note with your account name.

> -James

Benedikt



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