gtodo-applet port skeleton

[Jeremy Messenger]

Addition, I even have created a GCursor[1] port in here local machine. I 
am planning to submit to PR this afternoon after when I see doctor. I have 
the kidney stone last two days ago. However, the gcursor works very nice 
here on GNOME 2.5.x.

[1] http://qballcow.nl/?s=17

Cheers,
Mezz

On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 10:53:23 -0600, Jeremy Messenger <mezz7 at cox.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 11:49:39 +0100, Piotr Smyrak <piotr.smyrak at heron.pl> 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just noticed at night that Mezz updated the gtodo port, yet it
>> seems like the tray icon was stripped down from sources and moved to
>> a separate source package gtodo-applet (see FAQ on author's
>> website).
>
> Yeah, I am disappointed about that it has been removed. The author might 
> bring it back, because he told me that around 90% people have email him 
> to request bring it back. :-)
>
>> So I quickly created the port skeleton (it contains a
>> patch from your gtodo port). I am submitting it here as I think it
>> wouldn't make sense for other person to maintain it while gtodo
>> is maintained by Mezz - so I have put Mezz as MAINTAINER.
>
> Thanks! I already have gtodo-applet port in here local. It's little 
> buggy, so it's why I didn't submit to PR yet. I am in the contract with 
> the author. He forgot to remove the gconf dependency, which it doesn't 
> need and others. He needs to clean it up first, before I can submit it 
> to PR. However, I will take the look at your shar and might merge into 
> mine if there's anything good.
>
> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
>> The port seems to work without a hassle, though the binary crashes
>> at startup with:
>>
>> (gtodo-applet:39297): GConf-CRITICAL **: file gconf-client.c: line
>> 546 (gconf_client_add_dir): assertion `gconf_valid_key (dirname,
>> NULL)' failed
>>
>> I am not sure what might be an issue here. I leaving for a whole day
>> travel, and will be able to answer on the morning tomorrow to any
>> email.


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