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| author | Robert Tari <robert@tari.in> | 2021-08-16 00:20:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Mike Gabriel <mike.gabriel@das-netzwerkteam.de> | 2021-08-28 14:08:59 +0200 |
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4ac300e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +# Ayatana System Indicator — Display [](https://travis-ci.com/AyatanaIndicators/ayatana-indicator-display) + +## 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 + +## The Display Ayatana System Indicator + +The -display Ayatana System Indicator is the display menu indicator for +Lomiri (Currently rotation-lock only, but we are planning to add further +functionality for desktops, e.g. MATE, XFCE, LXDE). Its behavior and features will be listed at +https://wiki.ayatana-indicators.org/AyatanaIndicatorDisplay + +## 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. |