https://github.com/bbidulock/perlpanel

Panel for the X Desktop Environment (XDE) based on PerlPanel
https://github.com/bbidulock/perlpanel

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Panel for the X Desktop Environment (XDE) based on PerlPanel

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbidulock/perlpanel
• Owner: bbidulock
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2014-01-05T13:26:05.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-06-20T07:23:29.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-02T01:51:13.711Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Perl
• Size: 2.55 MB
• Stars: 10
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: ChangeLog
  • License: COPYING

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README

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PerlPanel is an attempt to build a useable, lean panel program (like

GNOME's gnome-panel and KDE's Kicker) in Perl, using Gtk2. There are

several reasons for this:

	1. I really enjoy programming with Gtk+ and Perl. It's neat.

	2. Using a popular language like Perl lowers the barrier to

	   entry, so a lot more people can contribute.

	3. It makes C purists go a funny shade of purple.

	4. Because there's nothing like it at the moment.

	5. Perl's built-in garbage collection and optimisation means

	   that it may well perform better on low-end systems than

	   similar programs.

A few tenets:

	1. Everything is OO.

	2. GNOME rocks, but not everyone likes or can use GNOME. So we

	   avoid using it and stick to pure Gtk[1].

	3. Sane defaults. Not everyone wants a CPU/eth meter by default.

	4. Everything (apart from these tenets) is subject to debate. If

	   something is broken in the panel/applet/config systems, then

	   we can fix it. I can't imagine a normal user will want to use

	   PerlPanel for a long time, so breaking compatability between

	   versions is no problem.

A few wahs, or, TODO:

	1. Support for multiheaded systems - there is a way to kludge this

	   but a "proper" solution is more desirable.

	2. One day, all applets will be widgets in their own right, and

	   will inherit from a base class that will let us do neat things

	   like having standard pop-ups. Maybe the Panel will also be a

	   widget as well.

	3. Translations are incomplete.

	4. There is some sort of race in autohide mode - if the pointer

	   hits a particular pixel, the panel flashes on and off very

	   quickly.

[1]: We use the Gnome2::Wnck library for the launch feedback, tasklist,

show desktop button and pager, and Gnome2::VFS for various other stuff.

However these modules don't require the rest of the Gnome2 modules -

they're just named that way because they're maintained by the GNOME

developers.

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$Id: README,v 1.16 2004/11/07 20:01:45 jodrell Exp $