On 12/9/06, Jean-Philippe Guillemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Would it be possible to add a "panel" | "restricted" mode (as a CLI > option) to Thunar? > > I mean a mode with : > - no side panel, > - no menu, > - no location/navigation bar, > - only the "Edit launcher" rightclick context option, nothing else. > > Intended usage : > - Create a panel launcher app by pointing Thunar in this mode to a > folder containing .desktop files > - Can replace the appfinder by simply pointing Thunar to > $PREFIX/share/applications
Ori points out some problems already. But have you considered simply making an app that builds on libexo and thunar-vfs to do what want? I mean, if you're taking out all the filemanager functionality, and just using what is provided by these libraries, then it seems reasonable to build a fresh app. > > As an example here's a screenshot of a system tools panel, performed > with current version of Thunar > (http://download.zenwalk.org/people/jp/misc/System-Tools-Manager.jpg) : > it's launched with gksu, so the user is first asked for the root > password, and of course Thunar warn him about the root mode of > operations, which is nice. The only problem is that the menu remains, so > the user is able to navigate AS ROOT in the filesystem. Another problem > is that the root accounts thunarrc is used globally with this config. > > What do you think about this idea ? > > JP > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Thunar-dev mailing list > Thunar-dev@xfce.org > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev > -- Erik <@kazin> why does php have 'echo' and 'print'? Do they do different things? <Bluefoxicy> kazin: echo prints in a big empty room _______________________________________________ Thunar-dev mailing list Thunar-dev@xfce.org http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/thunar-dev