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diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING new file mode 100644 index 000000000..491c1a56f --- /dev/null +++ b/HACKING @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Notes on unity development: + +Quicklist desktop file specification: + Adding a new quicklist entry requires modifiying the desktop file of the + application the quicklist belongs to. You will need to create a new group + named Quicklist Entry UID, with UID being a unique id (in the scope of the + desktop file). + An example follows: + +[Desktop Entry] +... +... +... + +[QuickList Entry 1] +Name=FooBar Action +Exec=foobar --thingone + +[QuickList Entry 2] +Name=FooBar Second Action +Exec=foobar --thingtwo + +[QuickList Entry 3] +Name=FooBar Third Action +Exec=foobar --thingthree + + Name and Exec follow standard Desktop file specifications and can be + translated in the same mannar as standard desktop files. + +Bootperformance Logging: + To enable boot performance logging, set the environment variable + UNITY_BOOTLOG_FILENAME to a path to the log file and make sure unity is built + with --enable-testing. eg: + UNITY_BOOTLOG_FILENAME=/tmp/unity.log unity -p + + you can then produce a bootchart with this by running the tools/makebootchart.py + script: + ./tools/makebootchart.py --input=/tmp/unity.log --output=/tmp/unity.svg + + +Webapp switching: + Unity can use two webapp systems, prism and chromium, you can toggle between + the two by setting the gconf key "/apps/unity/webapp_use_chromium" on or off + +Setting unmovable apps: + To make a launcher unmovable set the desktop_file gconf key of the app to manditory + +setting bottom fixed apps: + To make a launcher appear at the bottom of the launchers and fixed in place, set the key "fixed" (bool) to true in the launchers gconf directory |