Writing an applet in languages other than C

The Panel Applet library comes with support for GObject Introspection. This makes it possible to write applets in the languages that have bindings based on GObject Introspection.

Here is a simple example of a python applet:

Example 4. Hello World applet, in Python

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The only limitation of writing an applet in a language other than C is that the applet will not be able to run in the panel process: it will have to stay out-of-process. However, since it is recommended to leave applets out-of-process, this limitation is mitigated.