Unrestricted-system-ui

unrestricted-system-ui is a modified system-ui package that allows developers and users to load plugins the Harmattan status menu.

How to install

To install unrestricted-system-ui you will need to have Inception or an open mode kernel installed.

Inception method:

wget http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/Harmattan/system-ui_1.2.24-2+0m7_armel.deb
/usr/sbin/incept system-ui_1.2.24-2+0m7_armel.deb #enter root pass

Open mode method:

devel-su #enter pass
wget http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/Harmattan/system-ui_1.2.24-2+0m7_armel.deb
export AEGIS_FIXED_ORIGIN=com.nokia.maemo
dpkg -i system-ui_1.2.24-2+0m7_armel.deb

Plugins

Here is a list of plugins currently available for unrestricted-system-ui: Brightness applet
MT-Toggles | A toggles platform
Quick Status Updater

Developers

Developers who plan to make status menu plugins should have unrestricted-system-ui in their debian/control Depends: line, this is to prevent user confusion and make it easier for the developer to support the user.

Plugins need to be installed in /usr/lib/meegotouch/applicationextensions/ .desktop files for the plugins need to be installed in /usr/share/meegotouch/applicationextensions

Please follow this naming scheme so it's easier for the user to distinguish plugins.
For the lib: libstatusindicatormenu-foobar.so
For the desktop file: statusindicatormenu-foobar.desktop
where foobar can be replaced with anything.

Here's a sample .desktop file

[Desktop Entry]
Type=X-MeeGoApplicationExtension
Name=Foo Bar Status menu plugin
 
[X-MeeGoApplicationExtension]
Interface=com.meego.core.MStatusIndicatorMenuExtensionInterface/1.0
Extension=libstatusindicatormenu-foobar.so