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Re: Slingshot code

 

Awesome. Let us know if there's anything else we can do or anything we can
collaborate on in the future!
On Feb 19, 2012 12:13 PM, "Stephen Smally" <eco.stefi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Well, i never used GMenu, so i can't compare them, but MenuCache works
> pretty much as GMenu do.
> You have to contact PCMan, the author of PCManFm, LxPanel and MenuCache
> for more info (pcman.tw(at)gmail.com).
>
> Thank you for your work, i won't use some UI elements like the PopOver or
> other Granite widgets, so i will look just a bit like slingshot.
>
> Thank you a lot again, keep up the good work on Elementary!
>
> Stephen Smally
>
> On 02/19/2012 05:32 PM, Daniel Foré wrote:
>
>> Hey Stephen,
>>
>> That sounds awesome 😊 Slingshot is definitely GPL and we'd love it if
>> you can benefit from our code.
>>
>> Is there any big benefit to using Menu-Cache over GMenu that maybe we
>> should look into?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> www.elementaryos.org
>>
>> El feb 19, 2012, a las 2:18 a.m., "eco.stefi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<eco.**
>> stefi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <eco.stefi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>  escribió:
>>
>>  Hi everybody, i'm Stephen Smally, and i work for the Lubuntu team (i'm d
>>> eveloping Lubuntu Software Center and some other stuffs which you may ha
>>> ve heard).
>>> I'm also trying to rewrite LxLauncher (here a pic of the old one http://
>>> wiki.lxde.org/fr/images/5/5c/**LXlauncher.png<http://wiki.lxde.org/fr/images/5/5c/LXlauncher.png>) in Vala. I used Slingshot
>>> as inspiration, so now my LxLauncher version works basically like it (on
>>> ly the UI is different).
>>> I'm wondering if i can take the Slingshot code, modify it to work on LXD
>>> E (remove Granite dependencie and replace GMenu with Menu-Cache, and mod
>>> ify a little the UI, i probably need it fullscreen-only) and release it
>>> like LxLauncher (i think is GPL), with all the quotes and thanks.
>>> What i'm trying to do is to "port" a little bit of the elementary philos
>>> ophy in LXDE.
>>>
>>> Regards, Stephen Smally
>>>
>>> P.S. Sorry for my bad English!
>>>
>>>
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