From: Khon <lor...@ya...> - 2002-01-19 05:33:28
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--- Brian Mattern <bma...@ma...> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 01:12:38PM -0500, Jay > McCarthy wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-01-17 at 21:55, Brian Mattern wrote: > > [snip original big thing] > > > > > You can easily have an iconbar for a view if you > want, just create a > > > .e_iconbar.bits.db and .e_iconbar.db (basically > run the build_iconbar > > > script with whichever dir as the parameter). > This is because the > > > desktops are basically just specialized views > (well, they are a lot more > > > than that, but what you SEE is just a view). > > > > > Are there any other special things we can do with > desktops besides > > epplets, iconbars, and backgrounds (and obviously > there's efm)? > > > Not really, i was jsut getting at the point that an > E_Desktop has information > such as its windows, size, etc in additions to its > E_View, which is what > you see. > > > I can see some cases where an iconbar in a view > would be nice, but i > > > agree, i wouldn't always want one and definately > wouldn't want to go > > > through the configuration pain of setting up > iconbars for each view. > > > > > > I like the idea of a dynamic section of the > iconbar (it shouldn't be too > > > hard to do the basic code for it either, just > make a Dynamic bit that > > > gets replaced by icons from a separate list as > the main icons, the code > > > should all be basically the same). The > dynamic_icons list would just > > > have to be updated every time the selection > changes. > > > > > > So, would the dynamic icons load up the selected > files (or at least the > > > ones of a type which can be loaded) in the app > when you click its icon? drag and > > > drop? > > > > > I think that's the idea. So i can click on an > html file and my iconbar > > will now have galeon and nedit and I can click > either and load it (and > > we could probably have that feature via > right-click as well, and drag > > and drop). Although the idea was prompted by > multiple files I dont think > > that having multiple files selected would work in > all situations - but > > we could play around with the idea. I like that. Like select an html view, and get all known apps capable of displaying it. Based on the config of your metadata to app. Cool stuff. 17 is really developing into a first rate interface. > > > I can see both working (some people like > dragndrop). It would be cool to > > > select a group of files that include htmls and > pngs, and clicking the > > > vim icon and having all the htmls load up in one > instance of vim and > > > then clicking on the gimp icon and having the > pngs load up in the gimp. > > > > > > desktop/default > > > desktop/0 > > > desktop/1 > > > etc.. > > > sounds like a good plan to me. or maybe even > named desktops > > > (desktop/code, desktop/play)? this would require > mapping names to > > > numbers though, so maybe numbers would be best. > > > > > I presume the reason you suggest this is to make > it easier for users to > > put stuff on the desktop and keep track of the > iconbars - ie mv thing > > ~/.e/desktop/play versus 0 - and if that would be > the goal then we could > > just do something silly/lame with symlinks and > having the directories > > actually be '.0' and '.1' > > > > > maybe we'd need a desktop/all dir for epplets > like deskswitchers that > > > need one instance on all of em? (anyone know if > you can add one > > > Ebits_Object to multiple Evases?) > > > > I think that desktop/all directory would essential > - my gut reaction was > > this is basically a default - but not really. > because the default would > > be for default things that individual desktops may > be missing and this > > would be for stuff that are explicitly on all > desktops. > > > my thoughts exactly. > > > > -- > > Jay McCarthy <ja...@ke...> > > -- > brian > > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ===== Khonshu D-vine Logic Group __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ |