xdock

xdock is a software that emulates the Window Maker docks, with the following differences:

• runs in any window manager
• client/server - it works in a client/server way, where a server sits in the right side of the screen, and the docks are clients that connect to that server;
• easy to program - programming the Window Maker docks was a hard job. But xdock provides a API that makes programming much easier!

Installing

Simple basic UNIX program:

$ ./configure
$ make
$ su
# make install
# ldconfig

Running

xdock works as a client/server: the server is the main program, that sits on the right side of the screen, and the clients are the docks, that connect to the server.

To start a server, simply type:

xdockserver &

this will put the server in background. If your window manager already has a taskbar, you might want to skip a few pixels, typing:

xdockserver -y 32 &

Then, start a client, such as:

xdmemory &

that will start a example dock and connect it to the server.

Programming docks

Programming docks is very simple. You can follow the tutorial (http://xdock.sourceforge.net/tutorial.html) and the API documentation is in (http://xdock.sourceforge.net/api.html).