The Hello World of Applets

#include <config.h>
#include <applet-widget.h>

int
main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        GtkWidget *applet;
        GtkWidget *label;

        /* Initialize the i18n stuff */
        bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, GNOMELOCALEDIR);
        textdomain (PACKAGE);

        /* intialize, this will basically set up the applet, corba and
           call gnome_init */
        applet_widget_init("hello-applet", NULL, argc, argv, NULL,0,NULL);

        /* create a new applet_widget */
        applet = applet_widget_new("hello-applet");
        /* in the rare case that the communication with the panel
           failed, error out */
        if (!applet)
                g_error("Can't create applet!\n");

        /* create the widget we are going to put on the applet */
        label = gtk_label_new(_("Hello There!"));
        gtk_widget_show(label);

        /* add the widget to the applet-widget, and thereby actually
           putting it "onto" the panel */
        applet_widget_add (APPLET_WIDGET (applet), label);
        gtk_widget_show (applet);

        /* special corba main loop */
        applet_widget_gtk_main ();

        return 0;
}