Taskbar programming

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I'm planning to program simple taskbar manager for Linux like Tint2 but with my own ideas implemented. It'll be some kind of mix between unity and tint.

I have experience in OpenGL, C++, Python...

  • Now I'm wondering what do I have to know to create such taskbar?
  • How are things like this done? Which libraries should I use?
  • What do I have to do if I want to do this with OpenGl, how hard is it?
  • Do I need to program for specific window manager (I'm using OpenBox)?
2012-04-05 15:07
by ewooycom


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  1. You should have an understanding of how X and window managers work. You may want to learn about startup notification as well.

  2. This is too open-ended to answer.

  3. ... Eleventy-seven?

  4. No. But you should understand ICCCM and EWMH so you can play nice with them.

2012-04-05 15:22
by Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
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