Re: User Switching in 2.14

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Hi,

Le samedi 22 octobre 2005 �5:56 -0500, James M. Cape a �it :
> I'd like to get fast-user switching functionality into 2.14. There are
> two paths, the easy way, by just including the by-now-stable FUSA applet
> ( http://ignore-your.tv/fusa/ ) I maintain in the Desktop Release -- it
> already ships in breezy universe. Alternately, the code (some of which
> is already used in gnome-screensaver) can be merged directly into the
> panel.

Great!
Could you add an entry in the proposed modules at
http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointThirteen_2fDesktop ?

> The current applet doesn't work with KDM, but the backend exists behind
> a set of objects so it's easy enough to add such a feature (or move all
> *DM IPC to D-BUS) in the future without horribly breaking things or
> requiring changes outside the backend objects.
> 
> At any rate, if the former is the way to go, I can add pages to the wiki
> and do whatever else needs to be done to get FUSA into that state
> (obviously, pointers on what I need to do are helpful, particularly
> regarding the wiki).
> 
> If the latter is the preferred option, I help with/do that as well,
> though how user switching should integrate with the panel is an open
> question -- moving the applet menu to a "Switch To" submenu under the
> System/Desktop/{whatever it's called this release ;-)} menu seems like a
> natural fit to me, but other opinions are obviously welcome.

See also http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92277 where we
discuss how we should integrate shutdown/reboot/etc. in the menu.

Vincent

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