In case something gets missed here ~ayatana-dev list might be a better place for this discussion and enhancement.
On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Robert Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes perhaps just look for a 'com.canonical.LibUnity' or something > similar. Of course, Unity would have to be updated to provide this > address (in addition to what it already does). > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to unity. > Matching subscriptions: my-unity-2d-bugs > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811826 > > Title: > Not possible for other docks to use Unity LauncherAPI > > Status in LibUnity: > New > Status in Unity: > New > Status in Unity 2D: > Invalid > Status in “libunity” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > When the launcher API was reported people questioned why unity > wouldn't use DockManager. The answer that was given was that unity > launcher API was better. It's easier for developers use unity launcher > api within their own applications. As a dock developer I agreed and > welcomed unity launcher api, it sounded like a good idea and something > I would like to implement in my dock. When I started looking in to it > the disappointment hit me: libunity requires Unity to be running (or > more exactly it requires the unique d-bus address com.canonical.Unity > to be in use) otherwise it doesn't send out any signals over dbus. I > can hack my way around this by letting my dock register the > com.canonical.Unity address but that's not an ideal solution. What > will happen then if the user tries to start unity while my dock is > running? > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/libunity/+bug/811826/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/811826 Title: Not possible for other docks to use Unity LauncherAPI To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/libunity/+bug/811826/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
