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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Thoughts on the systray II.
From:       LiuCougar <liucougar () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-04-15 21:40:20
Message-ID: 95580678050415144029e11561 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 4/15/05, Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org> wrote:
> On April 15, 2005 21:18, LiuCougar wrote:
> > What if I have an app which does not have task bar entry, but requires
> > a system tray icon and another kicker panel applet to ahieve more
> > advanced features (docking the main window of my app to the kicker,
> > which is an existing feature in windows XP).
> >
> > It seems to me that this is not possible in the new model. Or am I wrong?
> 
> no, this will still be possible. you don't need a GUI or a visible window. you
> will create a KSomeOtherTray ;) object and give it an icon and connect to
> some signals. it will then communicate via X atoms (or perhaps at some point
> an IPC mechanism like DCOP/DBUS) to the consumer (in this case kicker) which
> will then show the icon.
> 
> your application will recieve events like "show your context menu now, please"
> and "ok, show your main window!"

Thanks for the explanation. I do like the idea

> > I really do not like QXEmbed class: it requires a lot of hack to work
> > as expected; but I have to use it in my app to implement the applet I
> > mentioned above...
> 
> yep. i too dislike XEmbed for these tasks. which is the whole reason for the
> push away from it here ;)
Can I use the new mechanism in kicker applet? I'd like to be able to
replace QXEmbed class with a more friendly one.

> > (I can not post to kde-core-devel, so I have to post it here)
> 
> you can post to k-c-d, it just needs to get approved by the moderators. as
> long as it's on topic, it'll get through, no worries =)
That needs moderators' intervention, so will delay the post of this
email. Anyway, thanks for your hints.

Regards,
Cougar
-- 
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difficulties; they are weakened by comfort."
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