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 ====== Xfce Panel Plugins How To ====== ====== Xfce Panel Plugins How To ======
-<note tip>You can get the sample plugin from [[https://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-sample-plugin/|git]].</note>+<note tip>You can find the sample plugin [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-sample-plugin|on GitLab]]. There is also a [[https://gitlab.xfce.org/itsManjeet/xfce4-python-sample-plugin|Python version]].</note>
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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 of the panel framework. This file describes the way plugin writers should interact with this system. of the panel framework. This file describes the way plugin writers should interact with this system.
  
-The API documentation is installed with the panel and also available from +The [[:api_documentation|API documentation]] is installed with the panel and also available from 
 http://www.xfce.org/documentation/api/ http://www.xfce.org/documentation/api/
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 required headers (''gtk'' and ''libxfce4util''): required headers (''gtk'' and ''libxfce4util''):
  
-  #include <libxfce4panel/xfce-panel-plugin.h>+  #include <libxfce4panel/libxfce4panel.h>
  
 ===== Plugin Registration ===== ===== Plugin Registration =====
  
-To register a plugin with the plugin system there are two macros available that should be used,  +To register a plugin with the plugin system there is one macro available that should be used, instead of using the library functions directly. 
-instead of using the library functions directly; one for internal plugins and one for external plugins.+  XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER(construct); 
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 +Older versions use the following two deprecated macros, one for internal plugins and one for external plugins.
  
   XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_EXTERNAL(construct);   XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_EXTERNAL(construct);
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 For creating a release you need to run ''./autogen.sh && make distcheck''. Fix all warnings and errors in make distcheck before distributing the package. For creating a release you need to run ''./autogen.sh && make distcheck''. Fix all warnings and errors in make distcheck before distributing the package.
  
-To help development, you can also test plugins without installing them on panel's prefix (e.g. /usr), you can also directly run plugins from the source so you don't need to to overwrite a plugin version from your distribution. To accomplish this, build the plugin with make and then follow these steps:+To help development, you can also test plugins without installing them on panel's prefix (e.g. /usr). As for 4.19.4, you can install the plugin in a directory of XDG_DATA_DIRS or in XDG_HOME_DIR, and the panel should find it. In particular, a default plugin installation in /usr/local with a panel in /usr should work on its own (or a plugin installation in ~/.local without root permissions). 
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 +You can also directly run plugins from the source so you don't need to overwrite a plugin version from your distribution. To accomplish this, build the plugin with make and then follow these steps:
  
   * 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''