<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Landry,<br></div>Yes, I'd like to be the maintainer of this plugin, but I don't have a @<a href="http://xfce.org">xfce.org</a> mail, it could be <a href="mailto:andre@xfce.org">andre@xfce.org</a> or <a href="mailto:andre.miranda@xfce.org">andre.miranda@xfce.org</a>.<br></div>Do you guys also need my SSH public key?<br><br></div>Thnx!<br></div>André Miranda<br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Landry Breuil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:landry.breuil@gmail.com" target="_blank">landry.breuil@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">harald judt (who was maintaining it so far) is fine with merging this<br>
- if you want to be the new maintainer of that plugin, mail accounts<br>
at <a href="http://xfce.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">xfce.org</a> so that we can set you up your git account so that you can<br>
merge/push things to <a href="http://git.xfce.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">git.xfce.org</a> yourself :)<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
Landry<br>
<br>
On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 1:28 AM, André Miranda <<a href="mailto:andreldm1989@gmail.com">andreldm1989@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello there guys,<br>
> Thanks to Landry's very descriptive commits, I was able to port Xfce Panel's<br>
> single most important plugin: Xfce4-Eyes-Plugin!<br>
> Jokes apart, I just wanted to try it out with a simple plugin before porting<br>
> others.<br>
> Here is code: <a href="https://github.com/andreldm/xfce4-eyes-plugin" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/andreldm/xfce4-eyes-plugin</a><br>
> (how convenient a push request would be...)<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> André Miranda<br>
><br>
> On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Landry Breuil <<a href="mailto:landry@xfce.org">landry@xfce.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> so, if we want to have Xfce 4.14 with Gtk+3 in a foreseeable future, at<br>
>> some point porting has to resume/restart.. in the past days, i've spent<br>
>> some time porting *some* of the panel plugins i *somewhat* maintain, and<br>
>> here are some tips and tricks:<br>
>><br>
>> * i'm targetting Gtk+3 only, bye-bye Gtk+2. Technically it would be<br>
>> doable to support both with some #ifdefs, but is there a point..<br>
>> * i'm going for a feature-parity target first. No UI revamp, no<br>
>> revolution. Ideally, i'd like to move dialog construction to .ui files<br>
>> / GtkBuilder, that might come next. Same thing, using cairo drawing<br>
>> instead of abusing progressbars for monitors/meters might be nice,<br>
>> maybe next.<br>
>> * devhelp is your friend to browse the Gtk+3 doc, as is<br>
>> <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/</a><br>
>> * there's an ongoing discussion to know if we finally target 3.14 or<br>
>> 3.20, as there are some 'breaking' changes wrt styling in >= 3.16 with<br>
>> css providers (see<br>
>> <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2016/04/29/yet-another-gtk-update/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2016/04/29/yet-another-gtk-update/</a>)<br>
>> * styling that worked in 3.14 is considered deprecated in 3.16/3.20, so<br>
>> has to be #ifdef'ed, see for example<br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin/tree/panel-plugin/systemload.c#n448" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin/tree/panel-plugin/systemload.c#n448</a><br>
>> * most of the changes are mechanical, Replacing XfceHVBox /<br>
>> GtkHBox/GtkVBox by GtkBox, using GtkOrientable, replacing GtkTable by<br>
>> GtkGrid, replacing GTK_STOCK* macros by their gtk equivalent names,<br>
>> replacing GtkToggleButton/GtkCheckBox by GtkSwitch, replacing GdkColor<br>
>> by GdkRGBA, usinc GtkCssProvider instead of setting bg/base colors.. all<br>
>> this is documented in Gtk+3 doc when a widget is deprecated, and the<br>
>> general migration doc is here :<br>
>> <a href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-migrating-2-to-3.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/stable/gtk-migrating-2-to-3.html</a><br>
>><br>
>> So far, i've ported over the following plugins (have a look at the<br>
>> commits to see what changes are needed):<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin/log/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-systemload-plugin/log/</a><br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin/log/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-mpc-plugin/log/</a><br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/log/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/log/</a><br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin/log/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-fsguard-plugin/log/</a><br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin/log/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-datetime-plugin/log/</a><br>
>> <a href="http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin/log/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin/log/</a><br>
>><br>
>> Not everything is perfect, but things are moving nicely.<br>
>><br>
>> To 'compare' gtk2 and gtk3 version and have both in the same panel, i<br>
>> use the following trick (for a 'foo' panel plugin):<br>
>> * in /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/, copy foo.desktop to<br>
>> foo-git.desktop<br>
>> * in foo-git.desktop, only keep untranslated Name/Comment and append<br>
>> 'git' to Name to differentiate plugins<br>
>> * append X-XFCE-API=2.0 to foo-git.desktop<br>
>> * append '-git' to X-XFCE-Module line<br>
>> * symlink path/to/my/workdir/panel-plugin/.libs/libfoo.so to<br>
>> /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libfoo-git.so<br>
>><br>
>> xfce4-panel -a should allow you to load the git version of the plugin,<br>
>> without overwriting the 'released' gtk2 version.<br>
>><br>
>> Mandatory screenshots using clearklooks theme, one with gtk3 versions<br>
>> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/UwZEaGN.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/UwZEaGN.png</a> (not all the checkbox are migrated to<br>
>> gtkswitch, and i know systemload dialog is a bit huge...)<br>
>> and the same thing with the last release of the same plugins<br>
>> <a href="http://i.imgur.com/aS44yQV.png" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://i.imgur.com/aS44yQV.png</a> and the two panels with the same plugins<br>
>> loaded using default config. Okay, progressbars dont look the same,<br>
>> buttons might be a git bigger...<br>
>><br>
>> All that to say that it's an easy task for someone who wants to start<br>
>> playing with gtk code and porting to gtk3 - all help on this is welcome!<br>
>> If there's a plugin you use and care about, and that looks<br>
>> abandoned/unmaintained, grab the git master, try to apply the same<br>
>> changes, and post patches to bugzilla/the list.<br>
>><br>
>> Of course, feedback, criticism and testing are welcome! I've only tested<br>
>> those changes on my OpenBSD desktop with Gtk 3.20.3..<br>
>><br>
>> Landry<br>
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