From: Haines B. <br...@ha...> - 2002-11-26 21:19:01
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I've started to use englightenment under RH 7.3 as a preparation for importing (the appropriate version) it to another HD on which is installed RH 8.0. But I have three questions I'd like to resolve before actually making the move. When I install englightmentment, will it appear as an additonal window manager option under gnome preferences so that I can simply choose it to use? Enlightenment apparently does not come with RH 8.0 as it did with RH 7.3, and I'm unsure of how to install it onece I've installed the rpm. Currently, I run gnome2 on a new machine with the default window manager. It allowed me to create panels for launchers etc. On my old machine that I now depend on, I use enlightenment as my window manager but use gnome panels as well. That's what I want on the new machine. Will the gnome panels survive the installation and running of enlightenment? Finally, I'd love to get rid of all icons on my desktop, but "trash" and "home" won't go away under gnome/enlightenment. How do I dispose of them? Haines Brown |
From: Phil M. <mor...@sh...> - 2002-11-30 02:46:54
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On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 04:15:49PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > I've started to use englightenment under RH 7.3 as a preparation for > importing (the appropriate version) it to another HD on which is > installed RH 8.0. But I have three questions I'd like to resolve > before actually making the move. > > When I install englightmentment, will it appear as an additonal window > manager option under gnome preferences so that I can simply choose it > to use? Enlightenment apparently does not come with RH 8.0 as it did > with RH 7.3, and I'm unsure of how to install it onece I've installed > the rpm. No the installation of the enlightenment rpm will not automatically add it as an option from your gdm session chooser menu from the login. You would have to manually do that via gdm config tool or if possible have gnome-session load e instead of metacity under RH8.0 If you run init 3 and startx then you can just run the enlightenment-install script to create your ~/.xinitrc file so that you will load e by itself from command prompt. > > Currently, I run gnome2 on a new machine with the default window > manager. It allowed me to create panels for launchers etc. On my old > machine that I now depend on, I use enlightenment as my window manager > but use gnome panels as well. That's what I want on the new machine. > Will the gnome panels survive the installation and running of > enlightenment? They should but if you aren't running gnome-session + e you'll have to load them separately by running gnome-panel > > Finally, I'd love to get rid of all icons on my desktop, but "trash" > and "home" won't go away under gnome/enlightenment. How do I dispose > of them? If your talking RH8.0 here again then you should check your nautilus preferences and tell it not to draw the desktop. This will disable all icons on the desktop > > Haines Brown > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T > handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users |
From: Haines B. <br...@ha...> - 2002-11-30 10:35:29
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Phil, Thanks for the encouragement re. installing enlightenment under RH 8.0. Also for using Nautilus Preferences to get rid of desktop icons. I've never even looked at Nautilus, and it comes as a surprise that a mere file manager should involve itself drawing the desktop. Incidentally, when I run Nautilus (my first time) I get: $ nautilus Unable to connect to UNIX socket /tmp/.esd/socket Eel-CRITICAL **: file eel-preferences-item.c: line 565 (preferences_item_update_editable_string): assertion `item->details->item_type == EEL_PREFERENCE_ITEM_EDITABLE_STRING' failed. So I may not after all have gotten rid of the icons next time I start X. I always face a fluid situation, and so things are never the same. For example, on my present setup, which is using enlightenment under RH 7.3, the directions I followed to control virtual desktop jump keybindings disappered. When I run enlightenment, I can no longer find the keybinding preferences utility. The Alt-F1 and Alt-F2 keys are connected to a menu and Run Program, which I don't want. Another behavior of enlightenment, that I'd like to modify is its manner of sliding from one virtual desktop to another. The effect is meant to be cool, I guess, but it gives me vertigo and is very disturbing. No one suggests this behavior can be changed. Another petty question. I want to redefine the default window border from Default to Fixed Size. It must be easy, but I've not stumbled across it yet. Haines |
From: David C. <dca...@sk...> - 2002-12-01 03:21:59
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> > Another behavior of enlightenment, that I'd like to modify is its > manner of sliding from one virtual desktop to another. The effect is > meant to be cool, I guess, but it gives me vertigo and is very > disturbing. No one suggests this behavior can be changed. If I understand what it is you're seeing, you should be able to change this to a kind of 'instant' desktop switch by right-clicking on your Enlightenment desktop, clicking Special FX Settings and unselecting the checkbox beside "Slide desktops around when changing". The sliding doesn't bother me physically as it does you but I use the 'instant' switching because it speeds things up a bit. -- ========================================= David Candler dca...@sk... Chaplin Saskatchewan Canada ========================================= ~~~ Linux - Learn to live free ~~~ |
From: Haines B. <br...@ha...> - 2002-12-01 13:08:26
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David, Your reply very much appreciated. The "FX Settings" did not mean anything to me, so I did not explore its possibilities. I know - RTFM ;-(. Too little time; too much to do :-( Haines |