global menu bar for gsoc

[Ivan Ruchkin]

2010/4/7 Michael Zanetti <michael_zanetti at gmx.net>

> On Sunday 04 April 2010 22:17:23 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > On April 4, 2010, Ivan Ruchkin wrote:
> > > Why can't we just take the dbus client-server mechanism from Bespin and
> > > XBar? Menubar containment will serve as server and every application as
> a
> > > client.
> >
> > that's certainly a possibility. always nice to avoid reinventing the
> wheel.
> > i haven't looked at how Bespin does it exactly, yet, so have to reserve
> > some judgement.
>
> Since this topic is currently discussed I think it makes sense to share a
> patch that extracts the client side of bespin and applies to the oxygen
> kstyle. As I'm a user of the global menubar but like oxygen better than
> bespin
> I have made this patch some time ago and I'm using it without major
> problems.
> Maybe it will save you some time looking at how the bespin model works.
> (Note:
> this is just the client side. You still need the X-Bar plasmoid from
> bespin)
>

 Big thanks for your patch, Michael. It saves a lot of time :)

>
> I might add that there is another problem to think of. Some applications
> like
> KDevelop or rekonq modify the menu bar. Perhaps it would make sense to
> think
> also at those cases while making a decision how to design the global menu
> bar.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
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Best regards,
Ivan Ruchkin
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