PyGtk and PyGnome Programming: Applet factory

Gnome uses a factory to create your applet instance

def factory(container, iid):
    applet = Applet(container)
    container.show_all()
    return gtk.TRUE

You then call the Gnome bonobo factory methods

gnome.applet.bonobo_factory("OAFIID:GNOME_ChatApplet_Factory", 
                            gnome.applet.Applet.__gtype__, 
                            "ChatApplet", "0", factory)