---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephan Arts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Apr 10, 2007 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#417998: xfce4-panel: gnome-system-monitor as panel right-click entry To: Michael Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 4/10/07, Michael Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/6/07, Stephan Arts wrote: > i am neither the panel-developer, nor a debian packager... but... > > ARE YOU INSANE?!!!!!!!11 > > sorry, I lost it there... let me explain: > > First of all: there is the xfce4-taskmanager (dunno if it's in the > debian repos yet) > > Second: > Xfce4-panel is an xfce-core applition. Adding the > gnome-system-monitor launcher to it would be a death-sin. > gnome-system-monitor depends on a lot of gnome-libs. using it with > xfce kind of beats the purpose. (Running Xfce in < 50MB of ram is > really out of the question then) > > Third: > The right-click menu has a clear purpose aswell: > 1) on the panel, it is for adding and removing plugins. > 2) on a window-button in the taskbar, it is for performing operations > on that window (like closing it) > > Conclusion: > There is absolutely no good reason to add this functionality to the panel. i should have been clearer, my intent was to suggest this functionality as an addition to the xfce panel "task bar" right-click menu. this would parallel the windows "task bar" right-click menu. > I hope i made myself clear. yes, and to excess.
good
obviously, to do this right, the task manager app would be a configurable xfce "prefered application" defaulting to xfce4-taskmanager if it is available.
This is definitely not something for Xfce 4.4. (and if win-users want something win-like, they should use KDE imo) However, if you think you can convince the other xfce-developers of the need of this feature, you could send a mail to the xfce4-dev m/l[1]. Then it becomes a matter of discussion for Xfce 4.6. Regards, Stephan [1] http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
