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| author | Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> | 2021-06-07 11:43:48 +0200 |
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| committer | Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> | 2021-06-07 11:43:48 +0200 |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5d278c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# ayatana-indicator-application - Ayatana Indicator Application Service [](https://travis-ci.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-application) + +## About Ayatana Indicators + +The Ayatana Indicators project is the continuation of Application +Indicators and System Indicators, two technologies developed by Canonical +Ltd. for the Unity7 desktop. + +Application Indicators are a GTK implementation of the StatusNotifierItem +Specification (SNI) that was originally submitted to freedesktop.org by +KDE. + +System Indicators are an extensions to the Application Indicators idea. +System Indicators allow for far more widgets to be displayed in the +indicator's menu. + +The Ayatana Indicators project is the new upstream for application +indicators, system indicators and associated projects with a focus on +making Ayatana Indicators a desktop agnostic technology. + +On GNU/Linux, Ayatana Indicators are currently available for desktop +envinronments like MATE (used by default in [Ubuntu +MATE](https://ubuntu-mate.com)), XFCE (used by default in +[Xubuntu](https://bluesabre.org/2021/02/25/xubuntu-21-04-progress-update/), +LXDE, and the Budgie Desktop. + +The Lomiri Operating Environment (UI of the Ubuntu Touch OS, formerly +known as Unity8) uses Ayatana Indicators for rendering its notification +area and the [UBports](https://ubports.com) project is a core contributor +to the Ayatana Indicators project. + +For further info, please visit: +https://ayatana-indicators.org + +## About this Software Component + +The -application Ayatana System Indicator is an application menu indicator +for Unity7, MATE and Lomiri (optionally for others, e.g. XFCE, LXDE). The +indicator takes menus from applications and places them into the panel. + +Its behavior and features are listed at +https://wiki.ayatana-indicators.org/AyatanaIndicatorApplication + +## License and Copyright + +See COPYING and AUTHORS file in this project. + +## Building and Testing + +For instructions on building and running built-in tests, see the INSTALL.md file. |