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[sshmenu] multiple sshmenu applets?

[Jeff E. <je...@ac...>]

Hello,


Is it possible to configure multiple applets in the panel with different
.sshmenu configuration files?

Now I have one applet, and two standalone sshmenu windows invoked with 
the command line --config-file. If I cant easily put three sshmenu
applets in my panel, I wanted to arrange these  (like the rest of 
my desktop) with devilspie. However, both of my standalone
sshmenu windows have the same application names and window names.

Is there any way I can pass a --title (or app name|class) to differentiate 
my standalone sshmenu windows?


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Re: [sshmenu] multiple sshmenu applets?

[Grant M. <gr...@mc...>]

On Wed, 2007-12-19 at 07:44 +1100, Jeff Ewing wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to configure multiple applets in the panel with different
> .sshmenu configuration files?

I'm not aware of a mechanism for passing arguments to applets, or any
other mechanism which could be used to tell each SSHMenu instance which
config file to use.

One quick-and-dirty way to get multiple copies of SSHMenu in the panel
is to use the GNOME Swallower Meta Applet (the gnome-swallow-applet
package on Debian/Ubuntu).  This allows you to 'swallow' any standalone
menu into the panel so you could use it to invoke the sshmenu-gnome
program with whatever command-line arguments you need.

> Now I have one applet, and two standalone sshmenu windows invoked with 
> the command line --config-file. If I cant easily put three sshmenu
> applets in my panel, I wanted to arrange these  (like the rest of 
> my desktop) with devilspie. However, both of my standalone
> sshmenu windows have the same application names and window names.
>
> Is there any way I can pass a --title (or app name|class) to differentiate 
> my standalone sshmenu windows?

It's possible that you'll have the same issue with the swallower applet,
however you could use a custom wrapper script to change the window
title.

The default wrapper script looks like this:

  #!/usr/bin/ruby -W2

  require 'gnome-sshmenu'

  app = GnomeSSHMenu::Factory.make_app()

  app.run

You could make your one (or more) of your own along these lines:

  #!/usr/bin/ruby -W2

  require 'gnome-sshmenu'

  win = Gtk::Window.new( Gtk::Window::TOPLEVEL )
  win.title = 'xyzzy'

  app = GnomeSSHMenu::Factory.make_app(:window => win)

  app.run

You could also try something like: 

  win.role = 'sshmenu1' 

to give devilspie something else to match on.

Cheers
Grant

Re: [sshmenu] multiple sshmenu applets?

[Jeff E. <je...@ac...>]

> 
> One quick-and-dirty way to get multiple copies of SSHMenu in the panel
> is to use the GNOME Swallower Meta Applet (the gnome-swallow-applet
> package on Debian/Ubuntu).  This allows you to 'swallow' any standalone
> menu into the panel so you could use it to invoke the sshmenu-gnome
> program with whatever command-line arguments you need.
> 
> 

The GNOME Swallower Meta Applet (from Debian) has provided the solution
I was after.


Thank you

Jeff Ewing