Re: Notification area application

[James Scott Jr <skoona verizon net>]

On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 07:37 -0700, BobS0327 wrote:

> I am trying to develop an application that resides in the notification area
> of Fedora 5 and version 2.14.0 of the Notification area.  I have found some
> sample code on the internet  for a base system tray (notification area)
> application.  It compiles without any problem but no icon appears in the
> notification area.
> 
> Thus, can anybody provide any assistance to help me develop this base system
> tray application?
> 
> Thanx
> 

Bob,

You and I may be at the same place in writing code to this interface.  I
include three links to answer your question.  
1. look at libegg/tray and use that code as is or modified.  Your
already have a notification tray in the gnome panel (or add to panel
one), as a target for this code.  This code also includes a test program
for the two type/styles of tray_icons.
http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/libegg/?only_with_tag=MAIN

2. Some guidance on how/when to use a notification area versus a
gnome-panel-applet.
http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/hig/2.0/desktop-notification-area.html

3. The FreeDesktop.org spec or description of the notification area
protocol.
http://standards.freedesktop.org/systemtray-spec/systemtray-spec-0.2.html

Hope this helps,
James,


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