Re: [gpm] Re: Gnome 2.16 Module Proposal: GNOME Power Manager

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> > > Richard,
> > >
> > >
> > > As far as I understand the code of GPM splitting up GPM in a "daemon"
> > > and a "notication area icon"/applet would not be so hard.
> > >
> > > They are pretty independent from each other. 
> > >
> > > The "daemon" just has to watch batteries, laptop lid, hardware keys and
> > > take appropriate actions etc. If people run the daemon then they get all
> > > the power management features. 
> > >
> > > The applet/"notification area icon" just needs to watch the batteries
> > > (code of the daemon can be reused :-) )and show the status by changing
> > > it's icon and displaying notifications. 
> > >
> > > The only message I see that the "daemon" might want to send to the
> > > applet is a message that the system is going to suspend/hibernate and
> > > that is already something we want to do to notify other apps that the
> > > system is going to suspend/sleep and that they need to take appropriate
> > > actions if necessary.
> > >
> > > So in my opinion it's not that difficult, or am I missing something?
> > >       
> > But what's the point?
> >
> >     
>
> 1. It's good design to split up parts which are doing different things
> ( You can also put all your code in one source file, but that's not good
> design )
>
> 2. An applet would be much more consistent with how GNOME works at the
> moment. If I want to add something to the panel I just add there by
> doing "Add to panel" and if I want to remove it I choose "Remove from
> panel". GNOME unlike windows luckily doesn't put many stuff
> automagically in the panel :-)
>   
It's worth pointing out that gnome-power-manager is very much a notifier 
rather than an interactive applet. If your power cable falls out, it 
pops up a message saying you've lost power. If you're working away from 
a power source, there's a battery indicator with how much power you've 
got left... that disappears when you're fully charged.

(At least, that's how it's configured on my system.)

So I don't think a notification-area applet is unreasonable.
--
Andrew