Re: [E-devel] E Minimization.

[Ben F. <bfr...@hm...>]

On 08 Feb 2001 21:15:11 -0800, Ben Ford wrote:
> Ben FrantzDale wrote:
> 
> > BTW: how will E(FM) and Nautilus end up working (or not) togheter? Since
> > both use their own virtual root window I imagine the Nautilus window
> > will just cover up the EFM window. Will it be possible to tell
> > Enlightenment to just not worry about drawing on the BG window of a
> > desktop soas to avoid drawing time and memory usage that will never be
> > seen by the user? I'd like to have the option to use EFM's desktop
> > functionality or Nautilus' without slowing things down unnessicarily.
> >
> > --Ben
> >
> >
> 
> The root window is a config option in Nautilus.  Currently it is even more of a
> dog than gmc tho.  I'd rather run E and nothing but E.


I tend to agree at the moment... However my impression is that it will
get faster. Once it does it will be nice if EFM could also turn off it's
drawing of the root window. If there's a full stickey window covering
the desktop then the Enlightenment background will never be seen. It
would be a waste of memory if E forced the user to have 1024x768x24bpp
of memory used up, never to be seen.

(Though I think everything I've seen of EFM is easier to use for FM taks
than Nautilus is. There are some users who'd disagree though.)

--Ben