Gtk2::TrayIcon 0.03 review

Gtk2::TrayIcon is a Perl interface to the EggTrayIcon library. SYNOPSIS use Gtk2::TrayIcon; Gtk2->init; my $icon= Gtk

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 6K Developer: Christian Borup

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Gtk2::TrayIcon is a Perl interface to the EggTrayIcon library.

SYNOPSIS

use Gtk2::TrayIcon;
Gtk2->init;

my $icon= Gtk2::TrayIcon->new("test");
my $label= Gtk2::Label->new("test");
$icon->add($label);
$icon->show_all;

Gtk2->main;

ABSTRACT

This module allows a Perl developer to embed an arbitrary widget in a System Tray like the Gnome notification area.

EggTrayIcon is slated for inclusion in Gtk+ at some point, which is the reason the Gtk2::TrayIcon namespace. As all egg libs, EggTrayIcon is not considered api stable and its not installed as a shared object.

Enough about what it is not, Gtk2::TrayIcon is first and foremost a simple way of giving a Gtk2 script access to the system tray.

System Trays are found in both KDE and Gnome. But neither support the spec fully (see below).

Gtk2::TrayIcon is a subclass of Gtk2::Plug and should be used as such.

Requirements:
Perl