Comment 20 for bug 343219

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Andy Ruddock (andy-ruddock) wrote : Re: [Bug 343219] Re: Adding Fast User Switcher applet causes shut down options to disappear from System menu

Dylan McCall wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 19:28 +0000, Johannes Rohr wrote:
>> wouldn't the best solution be to make this configurable, give users the
>> choice?
>>
>
> In theory, that's the case now with the gconf
> key /apps/fast-user-switch-applet/show_session_commands. Unfortunately,
> gnome-panel does not look at it for the menus and so continues to not
> provide any session exit options.

What *does* gnome-panel look for to determine whether or not to display
session exit options?
If an applet wishes to change the configuration of a panel shouldn't it
be a panel configuration option which is changed by the applet, rather
than requiring the panel to know about all applets whose configuration
might affect it?

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Andy Ruddock
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