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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Thoughts on the systray II.
From:       LiuCougar <liucougar () gmail ! com>
Date:       2005-04-16 14:00:32
Message-ID: 9558067805041607001a57e4df () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 4/16/05, Fred Schaettgen <kde.sch@ttgen.net> wrote:
> On Saturday, 16. April 2005 03:48, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On Friday 15 April 2005 06:54, LiuCougar wrote:
> > > What I am working on is a program called skim ( http://www.scim-im.org
> > > is the main project homepage ). Basically, it is an input method which
> > > is required for users from China, Japan, Korea etc to input their
> > > native languages.
> >
> > ok, fair enough. thanks for the explanation.
> >
> > would it make sense to JUST have an applet and forget the system tray icon
> > all together? would make things a lot simpler, no? if the user wishes to
> > make the toolbar float, the applet can just undock the widget itself and
> > reparent it (in-process even) to another window. the status icon can be a
> > part of the applet, ensuring there's always some useful bit of GUI there.
> 
> Would it be possible to make applets detachable from the main kicker in
> general to place them somewhere on the screen?
> This way kicker would still be in control, so all undocked applets could be
> raised, hidden etc. together with a single click or keypress. It was
> requested several times for styleclock already, and most certainly for many
> other applets too. With OS X Tiger's "Dashboard", demand for this will grow
> even more. We have the applets already, it's just an additional placement-
> and hiding policy - and transparency, of course. Hm, that's not what you call
> "Extenders"  on http://aseigo.bddf.ca/cms/1267, or is it?
> Not sure if this would be sufficient for skim though. I didn't quite
> understand why the whole thing can't be an applet.
Because it requires a lot of other logic/codes, and skim has its own
plugin system. What's more, if user does not have kicker running, he
can still use skim as a standalone app.

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