xfdesktop inside a window

[Vincent]

On 16/02/2008, Pablo Angulo <pablo.angulo at uam.es> wrote:
>
>   Hello all,
>   I wonder whether it would be possible (easy) to build a component that
> essentially contains xfdesktop. I mean: so that you can build an
> application with gtk windows, gtk menus, gtk toolbars, etc, and a fully
> functional xfdesktop contained inside a gtk container.
>   What for? Think of the gimp. It has several windows that are directly
> managed by the window manager, and that's the way I like it, and that's
> probably the way you like it, but many people prefer a single window
> that contains all the application. When I used windows I preferred this
> way, because there aren't virtual desktops, and it's a mess to have a
> bunch of windows in your only desktop.
>   To be even more explicit, ultimately I'd like some pygtk code like
> this to work:
>
> import gtk, pygtk...
> wini=gtk.Window()
> toolbi=gtk.ToolBar()
> boxi=gtk.VBox()
> ...
> xfdeski=xfce.xfDesktop(folder,options...) #where folder is the
> equivalent of ~/Desktop (icons in the xfdesktop corresponding to files
> in the folder (although choosing icons to represent minimised
> applications seems more interesting...))
> boxi.pack_start(xfdeski)
> wini.add(boxi)
> ...
>
>   Other application I can think of: press a key combination, and, say,
> your virtual desktop #2 is contained in a single window. That would
> provide a way of grouping windows (?). May be you can drag apps onto the
> window containing the desktop?
>
>   This is just brainstorming, and I would personally use none of the
> above, but maybe someone has an idea that is useful.


Actually, I *would* prefer a single window.

Anyway, a workaround is described here:
http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/howto-run-gimp-in-one-window/

Also, this comment seems to describe what you want (I haven't tried it):
http://xubuntu.wordpress.com/2006/09/05/howto-run-gimp-in-one-window/#comment-5778

Pablo Angulo
>


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Vincent
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