panel question

["pat eyler" <p_eyler hotmail com>]

(thanks Paolo; for Gtk-Perl and for answering my questions)

I'm working on a panel applet which queries the local 'mon' server
(this is why I was working with the pixmap in the applet yesterday).
I'm running into my lack of understanding though.  How do you get 
information about the panel itself?  I need to see what size it is
(to feed the right sized pixmap into the applet) and what the current 
background is.  Any hints, pointers, etc.?

thanks,
-pate
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