Re: Only one instance of a capplet should be allowed

["Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro" <gjc inescporto pt>]

On Ter, 2006-02-21 at 17:04 -0500, Rodney Dawes wrote:
> My suggestion would be to re-instate libcapplet, and put the code to
> manage the problem there. And to manage the problem, a simple selection
> on the root window, similar to what gnome-volume-manager does, would
> probably foot the bill. But there's really no easy way to solve this
> without enforcing policy to do it through that method, and keeping the
> items that end up in the control center, under a strict list.

>  Anyone can install items that show up in the control center currently.

  That's a feature.

  I don't see what's wrong with the dbus .server method; many desktop
applications are already doing it, and it's the most correct way to
handle it.

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Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
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