Re: [patch] add remove right-click menu item.

[Bryan Clark <bclark redhat com>]

On Thu, 2005-06-23 at 08:13 -0400, David Zeuthen wrote:
> I'd suggest to only keep the primary options we'd except modern users to
> use [1] in the primary menu:
> 
>  NotifIcon
>  +-----------------------------------------+
>  | [ ]  Wired Network                      |
>  |            Wireless Networks            |
>  |       ben          [+-----------------] |
>  |       bk45g        [+++---------------] |
>  | *     davidznet    [++++++++++++++----] |
>  |       linksys      [++++--------------] |
>  |   [L] private_net  [+++++++-----------] |
>  | --------------------------------------- |
>  |   More Connections                    > |
>  | --------------------------------------- |
>  |   Connect To Other Wireless Network...  |
>  |   Create A New Wireless Network...      |
>  +-----------------------------------------+
> 
> and secondary items in the "More Connections" sub menu. This is,
> perhaps, a little harder for novice users to grasp but they don't really
> need these options and if they do (e.g. "Connection Properties") some
> help desk will guide them through it through the telephone
> 
>  +---------------------------------+
>  | Connection Properties...        |  # rlove got a patch! take it!
>  | ------------------------------- |
>  | Dial-up Connections           > |  # <-- doesn't exist yet!
>  | VPN Connections               > |
>  | ------------------------------- |
>  | Stop All Wireless Devices       |
>  | Wireless Network Discovery    > |
>  | ------------------------------- |
>  | Share Internet Connection...    |  # <-- doesn't exist yet!
>  | Configure Networking Devices... |  # <-- doesn't exist yet!
>  | ------------------------------- |
>  | Help...                         |
>  | About...                        |
>  +---------------------------------+

I think it's very important that we write this new applet in Scheme,
we'll attract new developers (mostly from MIT) and Scheme will give us a
simple, robust and more intuitive interface.  

Plus it will make our applet extensible enough that people can write
their own handling code for it.  Setting a network profile would be as
simple as adding (setq preferred-wireless-network "kingdumb come") to
your .nm-applet file.  Perhaps we could look at integrating with emacs
as well...

Cheers,
~ Bryan