Index: xfce-panel-plugin.h
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--- xfce-panel-plugin.h	(revision 25717)
+++ xfce-panel-plugin.h	(working copy)
@@ -102,6 +102,44 @@
     }
 
 /**
+ * XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_EXTERNAL_WITH_INIT
+ * @construct : name of a function that can be cast to an #XfcePanelPluginFunc
+ * @init      : function run before gtk_init()
+ *
+ * Registers and initializes the plugin. This is the only thing that is
+ * required to create a panel plugin.
+ *
+ * The @init argument should be a function that takes two parameters:
+ * 
+ * void init( int argc, char **argv );
+ *
+ * See also: <link linkend="XfcePanelPlugin">Panel Plugin interface</link>
+ **/
+#define XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_EXTERNAL_WITH_INIT(construct,init_func)	\
+    gint                                                           		\
+    main (gint argc, gchar **argv)                                 		\
+    {                                                              		\
+        GtkWidget *plugin;                                         		\
+								   		\
+        init_func (argc, argv);                                        		\
+                                                                   		\
+        gtk_init (&argc, &argv);                                   		\
+                                                                   		\
+        plugin = xfce_external_panel_plugin_new (argc, argv,       		\
+                     (XfcePanelPluginFunc)construct);              		\
+                                                                   		\
+        if (G_UNLIKELY (plugin == NULL))                           		\
+            return 1;                                              		\
+                                                                   		\
+        g_signal_connect_after (G_OBJECT (plugin), "destroy",      		\
+                                G_CALLBACK (gtk_main_quit), NULL); 		\
+        gtk_widget_show (plugin);                                  		\
+                                                                   		\
+        gtk_main ();                                               		\
+        return 0;                                                  		\
+    }
+
+/**
  * XFCE_PANEL_PLUGIN_REGISTER_INTERNAL
  * @construct : name of a function that can be cast to an #XfcePanelPluginFunc
  *