Re: Panel plugin howto?

On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 10:11:42PM +0200, Erik Ahlner wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm interested in making plugins for the xfce panel, but there are a few 
> questions/obstacles i need help with. It would be perfect is someone 
> could make a little howto to get noobs like me started :)
> 
> The howto could handle stuff like autoconf (perhaps this is OT, if it is 
> i'd like to know where to learn it).

The best way to do this is copy the relevant files from one of the existing
plugins.

> Other things could be a more informative example than the sample plugin.
> Perhaps a step-by-step guide on how the sample plugin was created?
> 
> Oh, another question.. is C a must, or can i develop in C++ aswell?
> 

C is a requirement. A plugin is a dynamically loaded library and becomes part
of the panel. This may change in the future.

> I realize that making such a howto could take a lot of time, but i think 
> that more people than me would like to get started.
> 

Probably yes. I may do it one day, but that's not any time soon.

	Jasper