[Mono-list] mono and systray icon

Marek Habersack grendel@caudium.net
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:21:44 +0100


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On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 12:07:55PM -0700, Peter Dennis Bartok scribbled:
> >> I think the point is that it works on *both* Windows and Linux.
> >I guess the point is to get something working and doing what you intend =
it
> >to do. Whether it works under Linux or Windows, is a matter of the
> >programmer's judgement, goals, personal preferences etc - therefore it is
> >not a subject for this list.
>=20
> >Alex, muine uses a C library to integrate with the systray, it's called
> >libegg. To my best knowledge, this is currently the only way to get it d=
one
> >(C/C++ programs use it as well). Of course, you are free to implement a
> >managed implementation of the systray protocol as per the specs - that=
=20
> >would
> >probably require you to use p/invoke to access the X11 API, though.
> >The egg library in the muine sources can be found in libmuine/egg/
>=20
> You missed Jonathan's point, which was that SWF contains code is there Li=
nux=20
> as well, not just for Windows, and it's all managed and free for the taki=
ng.=20
Noted, thanks. I missed it indeed.

> Also, Todd Berman of MonoDevelop fame wrote a managed implementation for =
Gtk=20
> without requiring libegg. It can be found=20
> here:http://codeblogs.ximian.com/blogs/tberman/archives/TrayIcon.cs
Excellent, thanks for pointing that out.

regards,

marek

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