Re: Proposal: gnome-main-menu for inclusion in GNOME 2.18

["Evandro Giovanini" <efgiovanini gmail com>]

2006/10/20, Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>:
> Rodrigo Moya wrote:
>
> >> I have a few questions:
> >> How do you see this menu structure interacting with the existing two
> >> menu options?
> >> Are you proposing that we replace our currently three menu structure
> >> with the single one of the gnome-main-menu?
> >> Do you propose to have it as an option?
> >> If it is to be the latter choice, how do you see this interacting with
> >> the existing single "Main Menu"?
> >> Does it replace it or sit alongside it?
> >>
> > IMO, it should replace the menu applet currently in gnome-panel, they
> > serve the same purpose but slab has a much better look and a few extra
> > features that make it quite useful, so if I were decide, I would include
> > slab in the panel, to replace the current menu
>
> I dont mind if this is added as an optional menu but if its being
> designed to replace the main menu then I would require one change:
>
> Having looked at the source, slab is currently hardcoded to use Beagle
> if its available. However there is no easy way to allow me to offer
> tracker as a search service to this.
>
> It would be nice therefore if you could use GModule or dlopen to load in
> such a search service and move the hardcoded beagle stuff there.
>
> It would be silly if tracker got into Gnome but couldn't be used in the
> cool new slab menu!
>
> and it also means I dont have to fork your stuff too :)

I'm sure it could look for tracker as well. Have you tried to write a patch? :)

Cheers,
Evandro