From: Wiggins d'A. <wi...@da...> - 2002-05-09 15:27:31
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I assume you are talking .16.5 ..... Menus are controlled through ".menu" files starting in the root of your ~/.enlightenment with "file.menu". The first line contains the name of that particular sub menu in double quotes (line is optional). Each of the following lines contains 4 subsections: 1) Menu item name - this will be displayed in the menu for the application or sub-menu in double quotes 2) Menu item icon - this is the path to the icon in double quotes or NULL no double quotes (which should answer your second question) 3) Menu item descriptor - this defines what this particular item will do the two uses I know of are "exec" to run commands and "menu" to start a new submenu 4) Menu item action - depends on #3 above, in the case of "exec" the fourth value is a command to run an app (full path, or within user's path), in the case of "menu" fourth value is the location of the submenu file built of the same format (theoretically this could answer your first question, by moving items into submenus you can shorten each menu) Also for your first question there is a setting specifically designed so that your menus will "Always pop up on screen" that you may set by right clicking on the desktop and going to the "Special FX Settings".... Just a reminder, you can access the E instructions/help by middle clicking the desktop, the above was explained briefly in that help application, along with most of E's other functions. http://danconia.org Kimberly Carey wrote: > Hi, > > My question is How do I fix my menus to display only 10 apps a column? > My menus are going off the screen so that I can't get to what I need to > unless I run it from the commandline.I tried editing my menustyles.cfg > in my theme but that did not seem to work. > Also how do I get my menus not to display icons? If anyone can help me > on either of these that would be great. I've had a hard time finding any > decent docs or FAQs so far. > > Kimma > |
From: Salvo Di F. <sal...@li...> - 2002-07-08 23:06:11
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Hi guys, I use Aqua as theme for enlightment, it's nice but there's something I don't like I wish the close buttom was in the place of the "iconification" one, so that the icons may go in the iconbox, and that the low menu hide by himself thanx bye bye |
From: Stephen M. K. <ste...@gm...> - 2002-07-09 09:55:24
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On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 09:05, Salvo Di Fazio wrote: > Hi guys, > I use Aqua as theme for enlightment, it's nice but there's something I don't > like > I wish the close buttom was in the place of the "iconification" one, so that > the icons may go in the iconbox, and that the low menu hide by himself > thanx bye bye > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Oh, it's good to be a geek. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > Depending on where and how you have Enlightenment installed, you should be able to directly modify the menus/buttons/actions. For instance, if I want to edit mine, I go to ~/home/username/.enlightenment/themes/Aqua/buttons and edit the buttons.cfg and the actions.cfg (sometimes the imageclasses.cfg) depending on the outcome. If you're not familiar with the layout or the coding in the scripts, just spend some time studying them and all will be clear. I've tweaked mine and made a "skeleton" config set for when I create new users - so it's already laid out the way I want it - but to each their own... BTW, have you poked around looking for that stuff yet? Stephen -- A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I. I believe everything positively stinks. -- Lew Col --------------------------------------------------------------------- ............................................| stephen m. kuhn | kuhn media | australia | p:61.02.4272.7194 | m:0410.728.389 --------------------------------------------------------------------- kuhn media australia | kma.0catch.com PC/Mac/Linux/Web/Networking/Consulting | icq: 5483808 ............................................| sk...@te... Hardware/Software/Sales/Support | ste...@gm... -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE - This message, together with any attachments, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. It may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message, or any attachment, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify KMA immediately by e-mail sk...@te..., and delete the message, along with any attachments, from your computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Global Fortress. Except as required at law, KMA does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this message has been maintained nor that the communication is free of errors, viruses, interception or interference. |
From: Jan F. <bla...@we...> - 2002-07-10 07:04:25
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On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 11:55, Stephen Michael Kuhn wrote: > On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 09:05, Salvo Di Fazio wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I use Aqua as theme for enlightment, it's nice but there's something I don't > > like > > I wish the close buttom was in the place of the "iconification" one, so that > > the icons may go in the iconbox, and that the low menu hide by himself > > thanx bye bye > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Oh, it's good to be a geek. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > enl...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > Depending on where and how you have Enlightenment installed, you should > be able to directly modify the menus/buttons/actions. > > For instance, if I want to edit mine, I go to > ~/home/username/.enlightenment/themes/Aqua/buttons and edit the > buttons.cfg and the actions.cfg (sometimes the imageclasses.cfg) > depending on the outcome. If you're not familiar with the layout or the > coding in the scripts, just spend some time studying them and all will > be clear. I've tweaked mine and made a "skeleton" config set for when I > create new users - so it's already laid out the way I want it - but to > each their own... > > BTW, have you poked around looking for that stuff yet? > > Stephen > Is there kind of a manual on how to build Enlightenment themes? I've been trying for sone while but I still have some difficulties. Jan > -- > A lot of people I know believe in positive thinking, and so do I. > I believe everything positively stinks. > -- Lew Col > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ............................................| stephen m. kuhn > | kuhn media > | australia > | p:61.02.4272.7194 > | m:0410.728.389 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > kuhn media australia | kma.0catch.com > PC/Mac/Linux/Web/Networking/Consulting | icq: 5483808 > ............................................| sk...@te... > Hardware/Software/Sales/Support | ste...@gm... > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > NOTICE - This message, together with any attachments, is intended > only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. > It may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message, or any > attachment, is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this message in error, please notify > KMA immediately by e-mail sk...@te..., and delete the > message, > along with any attachments, from your computer. > > Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, > except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of > Global > Fortress. Except as required at law, KMA does not represent, > warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this message has been > maintained nor that the communication is free of errors, viruses, > interception or interference. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Stuff, things, and much much more. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users |
From: Randall S B. <ra...@gi...> - 2002-07-18 21:20:43
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I have followed the build order with no problems, until I get to building e, and then I get this error. checking for imlib2-config... /usr/local/bin/imlib2-config checking for imlib2... yes checking for evas-config... /usr/local/bin/evas-config checking for evas... yes checking for edb-config... /usr/local/bin/edb-config checking for edb... yes checking for ebits-config... /usr/local/bin/ebits-config checking for ebits... yes checking for ecore-config... /usr/local/bin/ecore-config checking for ecore... yes checking for efsd-config... /usr/local/bin/efsd-config checking for efsd... yes checking for ebg-config... /usr/local/bin/ebg-config checking for ebg... yes checking for imlib2 db loader... no configure: error: Cannot detect db loader: Have you installed imlib2_loaders? [randall@ranote e]$ What did I do wrong? I have done the entire process 3 times, just to make sure, and always the same. BTW, have a fresh CVS update from this morning. -- Randall S Benson ---------------- Secretary's Revenge: Filing almost everything under "the". |
From: Jesse H. <jh...@ed...> - 2002-07-19 16:14:24
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It's been a while since I built e17... but, the first thing is to make sure you have /usr/local/lib/loaders. If so, then check to see if you can specify that location in the config script with something like imlib2-loaders=/usr/local/lib/loaders (type "./configure --help" to find out what options it takes). I built e17 in its own directory under /usr/local/e17/ so that everything stayed separate from the rest of my system, but I had to make a sym-link to /usr/local/lib/loaders in order for them to be detected. Since you're building everything in /usr/local/ I guess that wouldn't be your problem... Another thing, make sure you've done a ldconfig before configuring e; /usr/local/lib should definately be in ld.so.conf. Hope this helps. Jesse On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Randall S Benson wrote: > I have followed the build order with no problems, until I get to building e, and then I get this error. > > checking for imlib2-config... /usr/local/bin/imlib2-config > checking for imlib2... yes > checking for evas-config... /usr/local/bin/evas-config > checking for evas... yes > checking for edb-config... /usr/local/bin/edb-config > checking for edb... yes > checking for ebits-config... /usr/local/bin/ebits-config > checking for ebits... yes > checking for ecore-config... /usr/local/bin/ecore-config > checking for ecore... yes > checking for efsd-config... /usr/local/bin/efsd-config > checking for efsd... yes > checking for ebg-config... /usr/local/bin/ebg-config > checking for ebg... yes > checking for imlib2 db loader... no > configure: error: Cannot detect db loader: Have you installed imlib2_loaders? > [randall@ranote e]$ > > What did I do wrong? I have done the entire process 3 times, just to make sure, and always the same. BTW, have a fresh CVS update from this morning. > > -- > Randall S Benson > ---------------- > Secretary's Revenge: > Filing almost everything under "the". > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > |
From: Randall S B. <ra...@gi...> - 2002-07-20 00:41:12
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Jesse, Thanks for your response, it had been awhile since I had done a fresh compile of E17 also. I found the problem. Then Imlib2 in the CVS seems to flake out, but I cannot figure out why. When it seems to try to contact the loader, it will segfault. So the other solution is the Distribution's imlib2 and loaders. But, they fall into the bugtrap that happened with an older version of imlib2 loaders, which that the db loader did not install with make install. So the db loader is missing with the package. So the simple solution is to use the imlib2 from the distru and the loaders from the CVS, and then we can make music. The distributed package comes with Mandrake 8.2 and it continues with their current cooker package. So anyone using distro packages, check out the loaders and it is packed with everything in their description (at least) --- Randall S Benson ---------------- John the Baptist after poisoning a thief, Looks up at his hero, the Commander-in-Chief, Saying tell me great leader, but please make it brief Is there a hole for me to get sick in? The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly, Saying death to all those who would whimper and cry. And dropping a barbell he points to the sky, Saying the sun is not yellow, it's chicken. -- Bob Dylan, "Tombstone Blues" |
From: Jeff T. <jti...@fr...> - 2002-11-26 16:11:50
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ok, tried several things. i am only running 1 desktop, but i switched it higher and switched it back, nothing. turned my virtual desktops down to 1 and back up nothing. went in eterm and did the eesh -e "pager on , and it spit me back to a command line without doing anything. tried as super user and got a bash. any other ideas? i alos have the pager display enabled under pager settings |
From: Jeff T. <jti...@fr...> - 2002-11-26 16:43:25
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thanx for the help all, ditching my enlightenment directory did it. |
From: Andrew W. <and...@op...> - 2002-12-03 13:24:00
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From: <lar...@za...> - 2003-01-13 20:22:55
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Hello I have a question. I have installed a redhat 8.0, and e16.. in spite I was able to run enlightenment with gnome2.. I still have some problems such as, the task bar does not appear in all desktops. Is e16 really compatible with gnome2? Is there any way to solve it? Thanks Alexandra ___________________________________ Zaralinux Webmail, http://webmail.zaralinux.com |
From: Lo'oRiS il K. <_l...@li...> - 2003-01-13 20:37:39
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<lar...@za...> : > Is e16 really compatible with gnome2? IIRC it isn't PS: don't use reply-to if you don't know what does it mean --=20 Generated by Signify v1.07. For this and more, visit http://www.debian.org/ . /\ =B0 Real Name: Lorenzo Petrone <* > WEB!!! http://lano.webhop.net \/ =B7 |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2003-01-13 20:42:52
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lar...@za... wrote: > Hello > > I have a question. > > I have installed a redhat 8.0, and e16.. in spite I was able to run > enlightenment with gnome2.. I still have some problems such as, the > task bar does not appear in all desktops. Is e16 really compatible > with gnome2? Is there any way to solve it? Gnome2 changed. If you talk to the gnome folks they blame e16. If you ask me, Gnome worked with E16, Gnome2 does not. There are no plans to change Gnome2 to work with E. The expectation is that E will change to work with Gnome2. > > Thanks > > Alexandra > > > > ___________________________________ Zaralinux Webmail, > http://webmail.zaralinux.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET > email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning > your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide > and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en > _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users > mailing list enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > -- Until later: Geoffrey eso...@3t... The latest, most widespread virus? Microsoft end user agreement. Think about it... |
From: Carsten S. <ca...@ye...> - 2003-01-13 23:07:44
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On Monday 13 January 2003 21:47, Geoffrey wrote: [...] > Gnome2 changed. If you talk to the gnome folks they blame e16. If you > ask me, Gnome worked with E16, Gnome2 does not. > > There are no plans to change Gnome2 to work with E. The expectation is > that E will change to work with Gnome2. [...] Sorry, I have Bad News for you: http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=141: >> LaM [Linux and Main]: Will e still play nicely with the new GNOME? Can it >> readily be set up > as the window manager in a GNOME 2 system? >> >> R [Rasterman]: Simple answer: no :) And if you read the rest of the interview, you will see that rasterman is not really interested in playing with Gnome. And why shall he do so? E17 will become a desktop shell, not a plain window manager. |
From: Geoffrey <eso...@3t...> - 2003-01-14 01:05:49
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Carsten Schlipf wrote: > On Monday 13 January 2003 21:47, Geoffrey wrote: > [...] > >>Gnome2 changed. If you talk to the gnome folks they blame e16. If you >>ask me, Gnome worked with E16, Gnome2 does not. >> >>There are no plans to change Gnome2 to work with E. The expectation is >>that E will change to work with Gnome2. > > [...] > > Sorry, I have Bad News for you: > > > http://www.linuxandmain.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=141: > > >>>LaM [Linux and Main]: Will e still play nicely with the new GNOME? Can it >>>readily be set up > as the window manager in a GNOME 2 system? >>> >>>R [Rasterman]: Simple answer: no :) Not bad news for me, as my preference would be E over Gnome. > > > And if you read the rest of the interview, you will see that rasterman is not > really interested in playing with Gnome. And why shall he do so? E17 will > become a desktop shell, not a plain window manager. As I understood, but I was addressing the question at hand. :) -- Until later: Geoffrey eso...@3t... The latest, most widespread virus? Microsoft end user agreement. Think about it... |
From: Matthew A. R. S. <ma...@ma...> - 2003-01-13 22:30:41
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I have Gnome2 and am running e16. The trick is to start gnome-panel, then alt+left-click and make the panel sticky and have it skip the window list. Then remember all settings of the panel It will behave more normally. The task lists do not work nor do the pagers for Gnome2, but I turned on the enlightenment pager and placed it over the panel. I then turn on the drag bar and middle-click for the running app list. Iconification also doesn't work to the panel. It is usable though. On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 16:22, lar...@za... wrote: > Hello > > I have a question. > > I have installed a redhat 8.0, and e16.. in spite I was able to run enlightenment with gnome2.. I still have some problems such as, the task bar does not appear in all desktops. Is e16 really compatible with gnome2? Is there any way to solve it? > > Thanks > > Alexandra > > > > ___________________________________ > Zaralinux Webmail, http://webmail.zaralinux.com > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte > are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE > Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enl...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- Matthew A. R. Sherian <ma...@ma...> |
From: BAM <so...@ya...> - 2003-01-14 05:36:24
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On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 17:29, Matthew A. R. Sherian wrote: > I have Gnome2 and am running e16. The trick is to start gnome-panel, > then alt+left-click and make the panel sticky and have it skip the > window list. Then remember all settings of the panel It will behave > more normally. The task lists do not work nor do the pagers for > Gnome2, but I turned on the enlightenment pager and placed it over the > panel. I then turn on the drag bar and middle-click for the running > app list. Iconification also doesn't work to the panel. It is usable > though. You can also use something like idesk for desktop icons and move the nautilus Desktop window out of the way (and make it non-sticky). This lets you use root menus again. -- BAM - If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished. |
From: Nashat S. <nas...@ho...> - 2003-05-25 22:07:36
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From: Robert G. W. <rw...@mi...> - 2003-05-25 22:24:01
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Nashat Samir wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I'm a complete newbie to enlightenment...i'd like to be able to move > epplets around the screen but they are stuck at one place...any help is > appreciated [snip] Left click with the <alt> key works for me. -- Robert G. Werner rw...@ma... 2001/9/11 Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him. |
From: Linux <li...@20...> - 2003-06-11 21:28:42
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Greetings. Yes, I'm an idiot, so I'm sending this email again. Hopefully not screwing up this time. Anyway..... I am trying out Debian 3.0 r1 and having a problem with sound under E. At the moment I am starting esd with the command esd & in /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession I get the beep that it starts up, and my theme makes noise at all the right times. Then however all sorts of noise starts to come out of the speakers. hissing, beeping, clicking and it gets worse and worse and worse until it have to shut it down. Is this simply due to me not starting esd properly? Are there some options I need to add when starting up? thanks much Skippi |
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From: Vermesan H. <hve...@ya...> - 2003-10-29 04:51:51
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In my E-Maintenance menu "Regenerate KDE & Gnome" doesn't appear I set up 4 desktops but on my screen appear just 2 pagers. what can I do? thanks __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ |
From: Didier C. <did...@sp...> - 2003-10-29 05:29:13
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On Oct 28, 2003, Vermesan Horatiu (hve...@ya...) wrote: > In my E-Maintenance menu "Regenerate KDE & Gnome" > doesn't appear > You have to run "e_gen_menu" in /usr/share/enlightenment/scripts/ to regenerate your KDE and GNOME menus. i.e type "./e_gen_menu". > I set up 4 desktops but on my screen appear just 2 > pagers. With 1 pager you can see 2 desktop dude! Take a close look! With kind regards, Didier --- PhD student Singapore Synchrotron Light Source (SSLS) 5 Research Link, Singapore 117603 Email: slsbdfc at nus dot edu dot sg \or\ didierbe at sps dot nus dot edu dot sg Website: http://ssls.nus.edu.sg |
From: Andrej K. <an...@ka...> - 2003-10-29 07:36:17
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 20:51:35 -0800 (PST) Vermesan Horatiu <hve...@ya...> wrote: > I set up 4 desktops but on my screen appear just 2 > pagers. Be sure to check if other two pagers aren't hidden below those two you already see, I know it happens when you add new desktops to the default E16 config. -- /~\ The ASCII Andrej "Ticho" Kacian <andrej at kacian dot sk> \ / Ribbon Campaign GnuPG public key ID: 7CD93FE2 (pgp.mit.edu) X Against HTML Key fingerprint: / \ Email! E87D 9DEF 2A23 6FFB 7AD9 542F 4253 3A46 7CD9 3FE2 |
From: Ton M. <to...@ma...> - 2003-10-29 10:15:04
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Hi all, I installed the enlightenment RPM on my RedHat 9 box and all went fine. I'm running XFCE now and when i want to start E, E tells me that it's going to change some files and that it's not sure if it does that right. In my session manager i have Ximian and XFCE and i just want E added to this. What is E going to change, can i do this myself so it's more controlled, will E just be added to my session manager menu and if not, how can i do this manually? I want to try E, but i don't want to lose my lean, mean slim and superfast XFCE. Ton. |