On Tuesday 29 September 2009 10:34:19 Aurélien Gâteau wrote: > Sebastian Kügler wrote: > >> Regarding implementing it as a separate applet: I don't think it would > >> have been a good idea because you would have to either add a dumb icon > >> to your panel so that you could run this system, or add an invisible > >> applet (not handy for the user to manipulate). > > > > > > That's what you have the config option for. (it's the same in terms of > > manipulation right now). > > I don't understand what you mean.
You could add the invisible applet programmatically if the config option in the systray is set, and remove it in the same way. > >> Keep in mind that the > >> binary is started on demand, so it does not take any memory if you are > >> not using it (assuming it would automatically stop itself after a > >> while). > > > > > > Same goes for applets, dataengines... > > Can an applet unload itself from memory? What I meant with "stop itself > after a while", was the notify-osd executable calling exit(). I believe > your desktop would be a bit too clean if an applet called exit() :). Hehe, "fluxbox mode". ;-) AFAIK, applets are unloaded from memory when you remove them from the containment. (Though the same version is reloaded, so I guess there's some kind of caching.) -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9
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