Re: Re: [rox-devel] PanelManager on its way...

[Kymatica <th...@ho...>]

>> 2) I need the OptionMenu's to update their contents after creating >>new
>> panels, so that the new panel is shown on the list.
>> How could this be done? I need them to append the new panel to >>.values
>> and it's menu.=20

>You can create a custom option widget for that.

Yes, but how and when should I signal to them that they should update (rere=
ad the panels directory)? I suppose I could just let it update every time=
 the user opens the optionsmenu, I guess theres some signal for this that=
 I can connect to?

>One thing I think we should do is to store the panel side inside the
>pan_* file, rather than using the -b, etc options. Then, ROX-Session >can
>just list the panels you want shown on login, and ROX-Filer can deal >with
>placing them.

It would be harder to change sides with an external app. I would vote for k=
eeping cmdlineoptions/SOAP method, OR replace with DBUS messaging, and th=
at ROX-Filer stores and remembers the panel-layout in a file (Choices/ROX=
-Filer/Panels.xml) like this:
<panels> <left></left><right></right><top>MyPanel1</top><bottom>MyPanel2</b=
ottom></panels>
As soon as ROX-Filer changes panel on some side, it writes this file. And a=
t startup, ROX-Filer will read this file and place the panels.

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