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Vala Panel
This is Vala rewrite of SimplePanel, GTK3 LXPanel fork.
TODO
- Rewrite core panel in Vala (0.2)
- Rewrite builtin plugins in Vala using libpeas. (0.2)
- Write Vala Panel Plugin wrapper for LXTray from simple-panel (it is less buggy) (0.2) (done in XEmbed plugin)
- Make global menus from Unity Appindicator (rewrite it on Vala but without Ubuntu deps) (0.3) (see https://gitlab.com/vala-panel-project/vala-panel-appmenu)
- Write a window buttons applet (0.3)
- Going to C again (0.4.X)
- Write Notification Center Applet (0.6)
- Wayland support, make compositor and complete Wayland support(1.0)
- Taskbar DBus library for compositor (1.0)
- Be prepared for GTK4
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Redo ValaPanelIconGrid using GtkFlowBox and such wonders.(not needed since I am already using FlowBox everywhere)
TODO for next version
- Remove XEmbed - it is not useful for Wayland
- Write tasklist and some management applets for Wayland (wlroots)
- Implement Layer Shell Wayland backend
Some notes about realization
Plugin-based panel. Users/developers can provide their own custom applets, which are fully integrated. They can be moved, added, removed again, and even broken.
Dependencies:
Core:
- GLib (>= 2.56.0)
- GTK3 (>= 3.22.0)
Plugins:
- libwnck (>= 3.4.7)
- libX11
- valac
Lastly, always set -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREXIX=/usr when using cmake. Otherwise you
won't be able to start the panel on most distros.
Author
- Athor ria.freelander@gmail.com
Special thanks
- Ikey Doherty for icontasklist.
- XFCE Team for XFCE Tasklist.
- LXPanel team for creating a base for my fork. Vala Panel uses LXPanel's tray code and other inspirations (generic-config-dialog for applets and lxpanel-like remote command system).