Bug#417998: Fwd: [Pkg-xfce-devel] Bug#417998: xfce4-panel: gnome-system-monitor as panel right-click entry

[Stephan Arts]

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From: Stephan Arts <psybsd at gmail.com>
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 <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com>


On 4/10/07, Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> 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