ayatana-ido

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# ayatana-ido - Ayatana Indicator Display Objects  [![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-ido.svg)](https://travis-ci.com/github/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-ido)\n\n## About Ayatana Indicators\n\nThe Ayatana Indicators project is the continuation of Application\nIndicators and System Indicators, two technologies developed by Canonical\nLtd. for the Unity7 desktop.\n\nApplication Indicators are a GTK implementation of the StatusNotifierItem\nSpecification (SNI) that was originally submitted to freedesktop.org by\nKDE.\n\nSystem Indicators are an extensions to the Application Indicators idea.\nSystem Indicators allow for far more widgets to be displayed in the\nindicator\u0027s menu.\n\nThe Ayatana Indicators project is the new upstream for application\nindicators, system indicators and associated projects with a focus on\nmaking Ayatana Indicators a desktop agnostic technology.\n\nOn GNU/Linux, Ayatana Indicators are currently available for desktop\nenvinronments like MATE (used by default in [Ubuntu\nMATE](https://ubuntu-mate.com)), XFCE (used by default in\n[Xubuntu](https://bluesabre.org/2021/02/25/xubuntu-21-04-progress-update/),\nLXDE, and the Budgie Desktop.\n\nThe Lomiri Operating Environment (UI of the Ubuntu Touch OS, formerly\nknown as Unity8) uses Ayatana Indicators for rendering its notification\narea and the [UBports](https://ubports.com) project is a core contributor\nto the Ayatana Indicators project.\n\nFor further info, please visit:\nhttps://ayatana-indicators.org\n\n## About this Software Component\n\nAyatana IDO provides custom GTK menu widgets for Ayatana System Indicators.\nBelow is a list of currently available menu item types:\n\n- Basic menu item\n- Scale menu item\n- Entry menu item\n- Source menu item\n- Location menu item\n- Switch menu item\n- Alarm menu item\n- Media player menu item\n- Switch menu item\n- Application menu item\n- Playback menu item\n- Timestamp menu item\n- Appointment menu item\n- Progress menu item\n- User menu item\n- Calendar menu item\n- Removabl",
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  "why_use_this": "Primary dependency for building Ayatana Indicators\u2014a freedesktop.org-compliant alternative to Unity7 application indicators. Needed if you\u0027re developing indicator-aware applications or running a desktop environment (MATE, XFCE, Budgie) that uses the Ayatana stack. Not generally installed standalone unless building the full indicator ecosystem."
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