XFCE - look-and-feel configuration.

[SJM Arts]

----- Original Message -----
From: Aaron <aaronf0 at gmail.com>
Date: Friday, March 17, 2006 1:17 am
Subject: Re: XFCE - look-and-feel configuration.
> i know, but im also curious about how it works, so i was wondering if
> its documented anywhere at a semi-technical level. maybe i could look
> at the comments in the code.
> 
> probably will track this thread to keep giving usablility ideas. on
> the other hand my usability is quite odd till you acctaully use it for
> a while...
> 
> On 3/16/06, Brian J. Tarricone <bjt23 at cornell.edu> wrote:
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> > On 3/16/2006 2:09 PM, Aaron wrote:
> > > where can i find imformation about the backend of mcs?
> >
> > In the code...
> >
> > > i dont do C, so
> > > i wont be much help, but i can give you alot of user 
> perspective with
> > > programmers insight.
> >
> > Oh well.  If that's the case, you'd probably be more useful just 
> telling> us what you think is more usable, without worrying about 
> implementation.>
> > IIRC, we've been meaning to overhaul/replace the configuration 
> system> for a while.  For 4.6 it may actually get done, so don't 
> limit yourself
> > to how MCS works when thinking about improvements.
> >
> >         -brian
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In simple terms, every button in the current settings-dialog represents
a plugin.
The mcs-manager loads this plugin and libxfce4mcs handles I/O to
.config/xfce4/mcs-settings/*.xml 

In this way different developers can make a plugin for different parts
of the system.
(like the xfdesktop plugin  and xfwm4 plugin)

You might want to think about what you generally want a
configuration-manager to do.
Do not forget about what that might mean for different system
configurations.

Regards,

Stephan