xfce4-xfapplet-plugin

[masse_nicolas at yahoo.fr]

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:29:28 -0200
Adriano Winter Bess <awbess at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've started some weeks ago to study Gnome applets and the Bonobo system
> willing to write a plugin for the Xfce panel capable of displaying Gnome
> applets. Now I'd like to share the first draft of the plugin ;)
> 
> It's still missing a lot of stuff, but it works fine - at least for me -
> and proves it can be done. I've put a screenshot of my Xfce panel here:
> 
> http://www.das.ufsc.br/~adrianob/xfce4-panel-with-xfapplet.png
> 
> All items between the red bars are actually Gnome applets (they are
> GDict, Sticky Notes, Mount Volume, GEyes and Netstatus) being displayed
> through the Xfce panel plugin, namely XfApplet.
> 
> For those who want to try by themselves, I've put a tarball here:
> 
> http://www.das.ufsc.br/~adrianob/xfapplet.tar.bz2
> 
> As I said before, it still misses a lot of functionallity. On the
> tarball you'll find one source file, a (very) simple Makefile and a
> simple .desktop file. Please remember to change the last line in the
> .desktop file to the correct path.
> 
> Usage of the plugin is quite simple: in the configuration dialog you'll
> be able to choose an applet to display.
> 
> I hope I can work more on it the next weeks. Any feedback is
> appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Adriano
> -- 
> Adriano Winter Bess
> ICQ: 21569917
> Irc: nyquide
> 
> 

Nice work, really. :D

I 'm writing to you because these days i'm looking at trying to coordinate the efforts of everyone, especially guys who try to implements panel plugin. For most of them, they are available at the xfce-goodies site (xfce-goodies.berlios.de). I think it would be a good idea to host your project there, since it allows us to have a centralised location for all the plugins. Also, you will be able to use the svn server, making things easier if a day someone have to help you. 
Anyway, I think I will post a news on the site about your plugin, since it's a really interesting one. 
If you are interested at behing host among us, just get an account at berlios and send me a mail, I will then add you to the project.

Bountykiller.