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dev:howto:panel_plugins [2017/10/17 22:50] – Fix links in introduction andreashaedev:howto:panel_plugins [2019/01/03 18:44] – [Testing and Releasing the plugin] landry
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 line like this: line like this:
  
-  XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE ([LIBXFCE4PANEL], [libxfce4panel-1.0], [4.3.99.2])+  XDT_CHECK_PACKAGE ([LIBXFCE4PANEL], [libxfce4panel-2.0], [4.12.0])
  
 The above assumes that you are using the xfce4-dev-tools package, which you really should,  The above assumes that you are using the xfce4-dev-tools package, which you really should, 
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   * Create a symbolic link from your plugin binary to the panel's prefix installation, e.g. ''ln -s /home/johndoe/where/your/src/is/panel-plugin/.libs/libyourplugin.so /usr/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libyourplugin-git.so''   * Create a symbolic link from your plugin binary to the panel's prefix installation, e.g. ''ln -s /home/johndoe/where/your/src/is/panel-plugin/.libs/libyourplugin.so /usr/lib/xfce4/panel-plugins/libyourplugin-git.so''
   * Copy ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin.desktop'' to ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin-git.desktop''   * Copy ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin.desktop'' to ''/usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/yourplugin-git.desktop''
-  * Edit the latter to point at 'yourplugin-git' instead of 'yourplugin', modify the ''Name'' entry to distinguish your instance and ''X-XFCE-Module'' to match the symbolic link, i.e. ''libyourplugin-git''.+  * Edit the latter to point at 'yourplugin-git' instead of 'yourplugin': modify the ''Name'' entry to distinguish your instance and ''X-XFCE-Module'' to match the symbolic link, i.e. ''yourplugin-git''.
   * If you're porting a plugin to GTK+ 3, make sure to add ''X-XFCE-API=2.0'' to the desktop-git file.   * If you're porting a plugin to GTK+ 3, make sure to add ''X-XFCE-API=2.0'' to the desktop-git file.
 +
 +An example:
 +
 +<code>
 +$cat /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/diskperf-git.desktop
 +[Xfce Panel]
 +Type=X-XFCE-PanelPlugin
 +Encoding=UTF-8
 +Name=Disk Performance Monitor (git)
 +Comment=Show disk performance
 +Icon=drive-harddisk
 +X-XFCE-Internal=FALSE
 +X-XFCE-Module=diskperf-git
 +X-XFCE-API=2.0
 +</code>
  
 Now the 'git' version of the panel plugin should be available in the 'add plugin' panel dialog. Whenever you make changes and compile the plugin, all you need to do is to add the plugin to panel again or simply refresh the panel ''xfce4-panel -r''. Now the 'git' version of the panel plugin should be available in the 'add plugin' panel dialog. Whenever you make changes and compile the plugin, all you need to do is to add the plugin to panel again or simply refresh the panel ''xfce4-panel -r''.