Re: global (MacOS Style) menubar applet [initial patch]

[Mark <jamess1 wwnet com>]

Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > * Closing a gnome-app can really mess up the menu applet, I think this
> > is related to the behavior of gtksocket which the menu applet uses to
> > capture the menubar.
> 
> There are piles of race conditions there. 

I think those might go away now with using the KDE method (transient +
hint) as we discussed, since now only the applet is in control of what
menu is shown. 

> If you plan on using
> gtksocket/gtkplug, you should be aware that this opens a whole set of
> bugs (many are dealt appropiately in Bonobo, and many are hacked
> around in Bonobo).

Thanks for the pointer.

Mark