On Thu, Sep 01, 2011 at 03:48:42PM +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote: > [posting here, since gnome-utils-list seems inactive] > > Hello, > > I'm porting my little "command runner" Python applet > (https://github.com/porridge/command-runner-applet) to GTK+3 and > libpanel-applet-4 with D-Bus activation. > > I've read http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/AppletsDbusMigration and had > a look at a similar migration for invest-applet and netspeed applet as > examples. > > I seem to have succeeded, but I'm wondering about the org.gnome.panel > and org.gnome.panel.applet prefixes which often appear in the: > - *.panel-applet file name > - *.service file name > - "Name" field of the *.service file > > My applet is not a part of the GNOME proper code base, so I don't know > whether I should be using the org.gnome. prefix. Also, in some cases > (like the IDs within the *.panel-applet files) the applet/factory type > names are unqualified, but in other places (like the content of the > *.service file) - they are. See e.g. > http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-applets/commit/invest-applet?id=92d0dcf62dfcd60c8e87f64213c14f7f786627fe > > What are the rules here? Can someone explain or point to some > documentation? The only clue I've found so far is that the name of the > *.service file is arbitrary. Is that the case also for the > *.panel-applet file? What about the "Name" field in the *.service file? > In case the org.gnome.panel prefix is not mandatory, should I use > something else (e.g. my private domain name)?
Since noone bothered to answer, here's what I've found out, for the benefit of future generations. The following works: $ cat CommandRunnerApplet.panel-applet [Applet Factory] Id=CommandRunnerAppletFactory Location=/usr/share/command-runner-applet/command_runner Name=Command Runner Description=Factory for creating the command runner applet. [CommandRunnerApplet] Name=Command Runner Description=Periodically runs a command and displays its output. Category=Utility Icon=command_runner BonoboId=OAFIID:CommandRunnerApplet_Factory $ cat CommandRunnerAppletFactory.service [D-BUS Service] Name=org.gnome.panel.applet.CommandRunnerAppletFactory Exec=/usr/share/command-runner-applet/command_runner However the following DOES NOT work: $ cat CommandRunnerAppletFactory.service [D-BUS Service] Name=CommandRunnerAppletFactory Exec=/usr/share/command-runner-applet/command_runner So you do need the prefix in the Name field of the .service file, but not anywhere else. -- Marcin Owsiany <[email protected]> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F75 D6F6 3A0D 8AA0 60F4 1216 "Every program in development at MIT expands until it can read mail." -- Unknown _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
