panel_applet_get_size() lies

[Neil Bird <neil fnxweb com>]

  First off, I apologise if, this being a GNOME API and not strictly GTK 
API question, it doesn't belong here, but I couldn't see an equivalent 
mailing list, and the GNOME list I'm on & tried is more for users than 
programmers.


  I have an issue with panel_applet_get_size();  it lies!  It returns 
stepped values, e.g., any panel size > 48 & <= 64 reports a size of 64.

  How can you tell the *actual* size of the panel in order to create a 
correctly sized drawable?


  I'm looking into a bug with hardware-monitor-applet that strictly uses 
panel_applet_get_size() to determine its canvas size, and this is stuck at 
64 pixels high on my 50 pixel high panel.

  I seem to be in a Catch-22 situation where I get the size I ask for (too 
big) even though the panel's smaller, yet if I don't ask* for a size, I get 
1 pixel :-(

  I can't for the life of me see how the default multiload applet manages 
it, e.g., as it *seems* to request the same size [a noddy hello-world applet 
I wrote also returns the wrong '64' values, so I'm assuming multiload gets 
that too], and yet it's allocation (which it reads from its applet widget 
and uses) seems to be correct.

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[neil fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
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