What about a lighter-weight systray-type app instead of the full on gnome-panel? Something like stalonetray?<div><br></div><div><a href="http://stalonetray.sourceforge.net/">http://stalonetray.sourceforge.net/</a></div><div>
<br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Jason<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 February 2012 15:11, Giles Orr <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On 10 February 2012 13:04, Christopher Browne <<a href="mailto:cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Giles Orr <<a href="mailto:gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org">gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Interesting point for anyone who's considering trying it: the client<br>
>> is a big fat install including Mono and some of Gnome (clearly you are<br>
>> expected by the developer(s?) to have ALL of Gnome), but the server is<br>
>> pure Git. Which also means A) revision control, and B) easy recovery<br>
>> of your data should the client go pear-shaped for some reason.<br>
><br>
> The code base is written in Mono, so the Mono involvement should come<br>
> as not too much of a surprise. It amounts to a "slightly more<br>
> specified environment than Java," to my mind, with all that's<br>
> potentially good and bad about that.<br>
><br>
> The use of SCM underneath is a good thing; I like the way you're<br>
> thinking about that.<br>
><br>
>> As a follow-up to my previous message, I've emailed the developer<br>
>> about accessing the configuration window when you're not a Gnome user.<br>
>> No response yet, but it's only been about 12 hours.<br>
><br>
> <a href="https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/572" target="_blank">https://github.com/hbons/SparkleShare/issues/572</a><br>
><br>
> From that, I have been able to infer that you need some X client that<br>
> can serve as a "notification area."<br>
><br>
> I observe, in searching for that, that the Ubuntu folk have decided<br>
> that the Notification Area isn't a good thing, and intend its removal.<br>
> <<a href="http://design.canonical.com/2010/04/notification-area/" target="_blank">http://design.canonical.com/2010/04/notification-area/</a>> I tend to<br>
> agree with the reasoning that I see, and SparkleShare seems consistent<br>
> as a case of something that isn't properly a "notification" that is<br>
> getting stowed in the Notification Area because it seemed like a<br>
> convenient idea at the time.<br>
><br>
> FYI, if I install gnome-panel (which draws in something of a "cast of<br>
> dozens" of additional packages, on Debian), and run it, a sliver of<br>
> screen gets stolen from Stumpwm, an icon for SparkleShare appears, and<br>
> I can indeed take the additional steps to add a "Hosted Project." I<br>
> set up access to one of my repos on GitHub, which seems like a<br>
> reasonably harmless thing to add, initially. SparkleShare seems<br>
> unlikely to trash the repo, and that's an eminently repairable action.<br>
><br>
> Adding the project works. What doesn't work quite so much is the<br>
> following step of getting a "link code" from the "SparkleShare<br>
> Dashboard," which doesn't appear to have a place for me to link to.<br>
><br>
> I think I'll leave that for now; if someone else takes interest to<br>
> take it another step down the road, that's great.<br>
><br>
> The interesting bit of outcome is that I feel OK, for now, about<br>
> adding the sliver of gnome-panel to my screen. That's playing OK with<br>
> stumpwm, not interfering in any way I can see.<br>
<br>
</div></div>I got a reply from the developer, and that was the "solution" he<br>
offered (ie. run gnome-panel). I've always avoided installing Gnome,<br>
so I'm a little disappointed. But good to hear that it (mostly)<br>
works.<br>
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