Multiple verve-plugins in different panels

[Jannis Pohlmann]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:34:16 +0530, Biju Chacko wrote:

> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:17:42 +0530, Jannis Pohlmann
> <info at sten-net.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:47:27 +0200, Mike Massonnet wrote:
> >
> >> Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:44:07 +0200 - Jannis Pohlmann
> >> <info at sten-net.de> wrote :
> >>
> >> > BTW, I now tweaked the code to allow newer Verve instances to
> >> > gain the ownership for org.xfce.Verve, so the last created
> >> > instance grabs the focus when verve-focus is executed.
> >>
> >>   It would make sense if the last focused instance gain the
> >> ownership. This way you can have the choice of which verve to
> >> focus.
> >
> > That sounds hacky (messy, even). The last created instance gains
> > ownership and is focused. This is what I - as a user - would expect.
> 
> Actually, the last created instance is not necessarily obvious --
> it's dependent on how your panel was initialised.
> 
> A better solution is to optimise for the most common case (which is a
> bit of work). You'll need to restrict verve to have one instance per
> screen and verve-focus will focus the verve command line on the
> invoking screen.

You're right, but this sounds rather complicated - I doubt it's worth
the effort.

- Jannis