Programme appelant

/* System Tray Example */
#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include "eggtrayicon.h"

static gboolean tray_clicked (GtkWidget *event_box, GdkEventButton *event, gpointer data)
{
  gtk_main_quit();
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{   
  static EggTrayIcon *tray_icon;
  /* This variable will contain the actual image to be displayed in the tray. */
  static GtkWidget *tray_icon_image;
  /* This variable will contain the tooltip to be attached to the tray icon. */
  static GtkTooltips *tray_icon_tooltip;
  /* This variable will contain the eventbox for the tray icon.
   * check http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gtk/gtkeventbox.html*/
  GtkWidget *eventbox;
  GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;

  gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

  /* Creation of the tray icon */
  tray_icon = egg_tray_icon_new ("MySystemTray");
   
  /* Loads the image */
   pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file ("../../gtk.png", NULL);
  /* Copies the image to the tray_icon_image variable */
  tray_icon_image = gtk_image_new_from_pixbuf (pixbuf);

  eventbox = gtk_event_box_new ();
  /* Display the eventbox on the screen */
  gtk_widget_show (eventbox);
  /* Adds the tray icon image onto the event box */
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (eventbox), tray_icon_image);
  /* Adds the eventbox to the tray icon */
  gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (tray_icon), eventbox);
  /* Connect a function to the user clicking on the tray icon */
  g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (eventbox), "button_press_event",
	G_CALLBACK (tray_clicked), NULL );
  /* Create the tooltip for the tray icon */
  tray_icon_tooltip = gtk_tooltips_new ();
  /* Attaching the tooltip to the tray icon and giving it a text */
  gtk_tooltips_set_tip (tray_icon_tooltip, GTK_WIDGET (tray_icon),
	"This is my system tray icon", NULL);

  gtk_widget_show_all (GTK_WIDGET (tray_icon));
  gtk_main();

  return 0;
} 

Script de compilation

	#!/bin/sh
	gcc -c *.c `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`
	gcc -o app *.o `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`