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diff --git a/plugins/thunar-tpa/README b/plugins/thunar-tpa/README deleted file mode 100644 index 319df842..00000000 --- a/plugins/thunar-tpa/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -Thunar Trash Panel Applet (thunar-tpa) -====================================== - -Thunar-tpa is an extension for the Xfce Panel, which enables users to add a -trash can to their panel, that - - * displays the current state of the trash can - * can move files to the trash by dropping them on the trash icon - * can empty the trash can - * can open the trash can - -In order to build and install this plugin, you will need to have the xfce4-panel -development headers and libraries installed (the appropriate package is usually -called xfce4-panel-dev or xfce4-panel-devel). In addition, you'll need to have -D-BUS 0.34 or above installed and Thunar must be built with D-BUS support. - - -How does it work? -================= - -To avoid running several desktop processes that all monitor and manage the -trash can by itself, and thereby create an unnecessary maintaince and resource -overhead, the trash applet simply connects to Thunar via D-BUS to query the -state of the trash and send commands to the Trash. - -The trash applet is not limited to Thunar, but can work with any file manager -that implements the org.xfce.Trash interface and owns the org.xfce.FileManager -service. See the thunar-tpa-bindings.xml file for a details about the inter- -face. - |