xfce4ring

[Aaron]

On 4/25/06, Stephan Arts <psybsd at gmail.com> wrote:
> Currently (xfce 4.0 4.2 and 4.4) uses the xfce-mcs-manager for
> configuration purposes.
>
> Though Xfce 4.4 is still at BETA stage, i would like to start a
> discussion about the development of a possible successor of
> xfce-mcs-manager.
>
> Thinks i think we should be able to do with it are:
> (Thanks to ElAngelo)
>
> 1. Support MetaThemes
> 2. Support dnd for theme installation
> 3. Plugin grouping, ordering plugins by group
> 4. Allow writing plugins with scripting-languages like python / ruby / perl.

could it just check for plugins also in ~/.config/xfce/plugins for a
file name something.plug, thats expected to be executed? im not sure
how the current plugin manager looks at things, but this would be
quite nice from the casual developer and power user. would this create
any security threats or bloat? also this way, you dont have to allow
languages, as long as its executable, it can be used. (am i missing
something like how the config files would be written?)

> 1) - (Complete theme-packages for wm, gtk, icons and perhaps even wallpaper)
>
> 2) - ( ~/.themes is too complicated for most new users)
>
> 3) - (this way we can make the GUI less cluttered.)
>
> 4) - (This probably means we cannot use gmodule for it anymore)
>
> I would like to know what your ideas are about this.
>
> Stephan
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Aaron Fineman