Re: [E-devel] Configuring paths through IPC

[dan s. <ze...@pe...>]

If we're looking for a background wouldn't it make more sense to look in
the _background_ directories before looking in the theme directories?
Sure, the themes can hold backgrounds, but if the user is setting their
own bg, its most probably in the backgrounds directory. So, wouldn't it
make sense to search the background directory first, then the theme
directories.

dan


> Here it is,
>
> This is a bit different then what I explained in my last email.
>
> Now E_Paths can inherit another E_Path.
>
> the bg list is now a path that inherits the theme path. The inherited
> path comes before the path in a list and when doing searches.
>
> Stafford
>
> On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 20:16 -0400, dan sinclair wrote:
>> Except that if you want to write an app to switch themes its now going
>> to have to check theme keys to determine if whats in the directory
>> returned in the theme path is actually a theme or if its a background.
>>
>> If there separate you can just return the theme path along with the
>> background path when they call bg-list then a theme program knows that
>> everything in the theme paths are themes. Otherwise, some of them coul=
d
>> be background.
>>
>> Just seems like the wrong way to do it.
>>
>> dan
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 07:53 +0800, Stafford Horne wrote:
>> > Dan,
>> >
>> > I understand that they could be separate, and that bg directories ma=
y
>> > not contain any themes.  But if they need to be separate then the
>> > background path should not be hard coded.  I did this on the
>> assumption
>> > that theme dirs can be background dirs. If you add a path to the the=
me
>> > directory you will want to have programs, such as emblem, look for b=
gs
>> > in that directory. This way there is no need to double the paths, as
>> the
>> > theme dirs in most cases are a subset of the bg dirs.
>> >
>> > If we want to have another path for backgrounds it should be
>> > configurable and stored in e_config. This is pretty easy to do, but =
I
>> > really see no need as the theme directory already serves a similar
>> > purpose.
>> >
>> > Stafford
>> >
>> > On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 11:35 -0400, dan sinclair wrote:
>> > > A background dir isn't a theme dir tho.
>> > >
>> > > dan
>> > >
>> > > On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 15:05 +0800, Stafford Horne wrote:
>> > > > Hello,
>> > > >
>> > > > I have done some work on exporting all of the paths through IPC.
>> > > >
>> > > > These are the current paths.
>> > > > E_Path *path_data    =3D NULL;
>> > > > E_Path *path_images  =3D NULL;
>> > > > E_Path *path_fonts   =3D NULL;
>> > > > E_Path *path_themes  =3D NULL;
>> > > > E_Path *path_init    =3D NULL;
>> > > > E_Path *path_icons   =3D NULL;
>> > > > E_Path *path_modules =3D NULL;
>> > > >
>> > > > Implementation:
>> > > > The search path is now implemented by using two evas lists, one
>> for
>> > > > hardcoded directories and one for user directories.  The user
>> > > > directories are stored in e_config and can be manipulated throug=
h
>> IPC
>> > > > (enlightenment_remote). The user directory of an E_Path is a
>> reference
>> > > > to the path in e_config and should be associated while
>> initializing a
>> > > > new E_Path.
>> > > >
>> > > > example commands:
>> > > >
>> > > > -theme-dirs-list
>> > > > -theme-dirs-remove  <OP>
>> > > > -theme-dirs-append  <OP>
>> > > > -theme-dirs-prepend <OP>
>> > > >
>> > > > [shorne@Asus bin]$ enlightenment_remote -display :0.0
>> -theme-dirs-list
>> > > > REPLY: BEGIN
>> > > > REPLY: THEME DIR=3D"/home/shorne/.e/e/themes"
>> > > > REPLY: THEME DIR=3D"/home/shorne/.e/e/backgrounds"
>> > > > REPLY: THEME
>> DIR=3D"/home/shorne/local/share/enlightenment/data/themes"
>> > > > REPLY: END
>> > > >
>> > > > [shorne@Asus bin]$ enlightenment_remote -display :0.0
>> -theme-dirs-append
>> > > > ~/misc/Pictures/
>> > > > [shorne@Asus bin]$ enlightenment_remote -display :0.0
>> -theme-dirs-list
>> > > > REPLY: BEGIN
>> > > > REPLY: THEME DIR=3D"/home/shorne/.e/e/themes"
>> > > > REPLY: THEME DIR=3D"/home/shorne/.e/e/backgrounds"
>> > > > REPLY: THEME
>> DIR=3D"/home/shorne/local/share/enlightenment/data/themes"
>> > > > REPLY: THEME DIR=3D"/home/shorne/misc/Pictures/"
>> > > > REPLY: END
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Notes:
>> > > > I have gotten rid of the -bg-dirs-list, the background dirs are
>> now part
>> > > > of the theme dirs. The good thing is this does not break libe
>> things
>> > > > like emblem.
>> > > >
>> > > > Stafford
>> > > >
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
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