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twtduck.ii
September 19th, 2014, 07:29 PM
I'd like to create a custom panel applet to run java programs. I already have a java program written that simply outputs text at one line every couple seconds. Is there an easier way to do this besides writing a custom item, and if not, how do I go about writing one?

Toz
September 19th, 2014, 11:12 PM
Have a look at the genmon plugin (http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-genmon-plugin). You could use it to display info from your program. You'd need to change your app to output a line of text everytime its called, then use the genmon timer to call the program and display the info.