Re: ANNOUNCE: Deskbar Applet 0.3 (keybindings)

[Mark McLoughlin <markmc redhat com>]

On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 11:57 -0700, Alex Graveley wrote:

> I think the global binding problem can be solved by just designating a 
> GConf path that apps install a keybinding action into.  Then create a 
> library with tomboykeybinder.c that apps call into with the GConf paths 
> they are interested in.  The library reads the GConf binding keys for 
> the app and registers the X root window event handler.

	Hold on, isn't the main issue here that you want a single X client to
be responsible for all the global keygrabs in order to avoid conflicts?
A convenience API seems kinda secondary ...

	(We fixed this in the panel by moving the shortcuts to metacity and
adding a ClientMessage protocol which metacity uses when the shortcuts
are invoked)

Cheers,
Mark.