Notes on the new panel

[Jannis Pohlmann]

Hey Jasper,

Jannis Pohlmann schrieb:
> Jasper Huijsmans schrieb:
> 
>>Jannis Pohlmann schreef:
>>
>>
>>>Hey Jasper,
>>>
>>>I played around with the plugin framework a bit and began porting the
>>>systray to the new panel just for fun. Are there any important changes
>>>planned for the systray of the new panel? If not, I'd like to ask if I
>>>can port it completely and send it to you afterwards.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Ehm, I'm afraid I have already ported that (not yet in SVN) ;-)
> 
> 
> Hehe, no problem. I've already done the time (with AM/PM) and frame
> stuff (395 lines of code) but I don't mind.
> 
> 
>>I'm currently working on an iconbox plugin. After that I think it is 
>>only the clock plugin that needs to be ported. Would you like to have a 
>>look at that? I think it is ok to port the current panel plugin first 
>>and look at merging with the date-time plugin later.
> 
> 
> Yeah, why not. I'll have a look at it later today. Should be no problem,
> I think.

I'm working on it at the moment and I stumbled across a problem. The old
clock was resized whenever its mode was changed. It used icon_size[size]
(xfce4-panel/plugins/clock.c, line 276). What's this and is there a
better solution already (I noticed a comment in
xfce4-panel/panel/global.h on this)?

Regards,
Jannis