Re: [Lxde-list] Hacking: best practices?

[Sebastián M. <seb...@gm...>]

El vie, 27-03-2009 a las 22:58 +0100, Damian Nadales escribió:
> Hello,
> 
> I started reading some of the lxpanel code to understand its
> implementation. So far so good (although some more comments in the
> code probably could make the process easier).
> 
> However, after I compile the code I get the following message:
>     LXPanel requires menu-cache and lxmenu-data packages:
>     since version 0.4.0. Please make sure they are correctly installed.
>     Otherwise, you will not be able to use applications menu.
> 
> Now, since I will be playing with lxpanel, I don't think it is wise to
> install these components system wide. What is done is these cases?
> 
> Sorry for my newbie question, if you have some references about best
> practices, they will be also more than welcomed.
> 
> Thank you in advance,
> Damian.

You could install, firstly, use a different user for it, checkout the
live repos in the new user's $HOME and install prefixed in a $HOME
subdirectory. Then you could test the changes in a nested X server, such
as Xnest or Xephyr. This way you will keep your system sane.

Other way is to use virtualization and hack on a virtual machine...

There are plenty of possibilities... :D

Regards!

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