Aw: Re: New panel in trunk

Jasper Huijsmans jasper at xfce.org
Fri Oct 14 10:29:01 CEST 2005


Fabian Nowak schreef:
> launcher: ~ is not evaluated, this means executing ~/bin/someappstarter
> does not work, ~ has to be replaced manually.

Yeah. The panel is not a shell. If we want this, it is probably easier 
to execute everything with /bin/sh.

> 
> still missing: ability to choose "configure" in the context menu of a
> starter's menu, cause having a menu open you expect to insert missing
> icons or add new entries by simply right-clicking into the menu. the
> menu item on which he right-click and "configure" was executed could be
> chosen in the dialog, making life easier and faster for the user.

Agreed.

> 
> launcher-dialog: what about opening /usr/(local)/share/pixmaps
> or .../icons per default in the icon-chooser-dialog? (yes, gnome has it
> this way...)

Hmm, maybe ;-)

> 
> 
> concerning your sub menu topic for the panel: i think it is far better
> this way than having only one or two handlers on which you're able to
> get the panel menu, which is the gnome-way.

Agreed. I'll just keep looking for better ways ;-)

	Jasper



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