Re: How to write panel like GNOME-panel

["Bin Chen" <binary chen gmail com>]

On 9/29/07, geminitojanus <geminitojanus gmail com> wrote:
> You might want to start by downloading the source for gnome-panel, or for a-w-n.
> gnome-panel: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gnome-panel/2.20/gnome-panel-2.20.0.1.tar.gz
> a-w-n:  https://launchpad.net/awn
>
> Both do more-or-less what you want to do. a-w-n is probably a better
> place to start, as it doesn't use legacy libraries and is rather new
> code (which means it doesn't do much except manage windows on a
> "dock").
>

Thanks a lot. Before I take a look in the code, could you tell me how
the panel knows the startup/exit signal of the application, is it any
fomal interface?

> On 9/29/07, Bin Chen <binary chen gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to write a panel like gnome-panel, the main objective is
> > receive the application startup notification(including the app name,
> > and icon), then I can iconize it in the panel. This can enable user
> > maximize/minimize a window by clicking the icon on the panel.
> >
> > My question is how can I get the GTK+ program startup/exit signal?
> > Besides this, can I get the open/close signal by per window?
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Bin
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