XFCE - look-and-feel configuration.

[SJM Arts]

----- Original Message -----
From: SJM Arts <Stephan.Arts at hva.nl>
Date: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:27 am
Subject: Re: XFCE - look-and-feel configuration.
> 
> 
> ----- 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 
> representsa 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
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What about making a thunar-vfs-uri config:// and place stuff in there?

just a thought ofcourse, but it might be something nice.


- Stephan