Panel plugin interface

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 02:59:05PM +0400, Maarten Boekhold wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Yesterday I asked for information on the panel plugin interface. On the 
> suggestion of 'benny' on the #xfce IRC channel, I created a list of all 
> the non-static functions in the panel source files (just the 'panel' 
> sub-directory).
> 
> I suspect that a lot of those functions are not intended to be used by 
> plugins, so I'd appreciate it if somebody could have a look at the list 
> of files/functions included below, and comment on it. Perhaps mark all 
> functions that are intended to be accessed by panel plugins with a '*'? 
> That list could be included in the XFCE docs as a quick/dirty reference 
> for plugin writers as well...
> 
> I'll also try to create a list of functions that a plugin is supposed to 
> provide, and post that later.
> 

Awesome! Please give me some time to go through the list, it's quite extensive
;-)

Some are probably specifically intended for plugins, while others may be
useful in some very specific situations. 

As a side note this work may just come in handy when designing a new plugin 
system for 4.4 as well.

	Jasper