Re: Using assembly in objective-c

FROM : Kyle Sluder
DATE : Mon Jan 21 21:38:49 2008

On 1/21/08, Twisted Theory Software <<email_removed>> wrote:
> What I want is a replacement for the menu-bar clock, that displays
> time how I want it, and drops down a nice-looking, adjustable calendar
> when clicked.  I don't like the way other programs look, or if I do
> they aren't free (which, by the way, all use NSMenuExtra
> implementations).  Having a clock that moves depending on the other
> NSStatusItems that happen to be visible at the time is annoying: UI
> elements that I glance at all the time should not be moving around.
> It would be best if the time were right next to spotlight, or better
> yet, drop the spotlight icon entirely and have the clock in its
> place.  This cannot be accomplished with NSStatusItem.


SystemUIServer takes care of all those things, and I don't think it
will be very happy for long if you start replacing them.  I've noticed
that the first sign that one of our client machines will not survive a
logout is if the clock and spotlight icon are missing from the
menubar; at that point, the system must be forcibly shut down at
logout, or else it will sit  at the spinning flower petal indicator.
Just a sign of the interdependency between the window server and the
menu extras.

--Kyle Sluder