Re: [e-users] e17 noob questions regarding window management and menus

[Dennis H. <dh-...@on...>]

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011 18:58:24 +0900
Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <ra...@ra...> wrote:

> > Only question left for the moment: How could I reduce the
> > transparency of menus, without switching off the composite module?
> > Depending on the background with the default setting for
> > transparency the menu text is a bit hard to read, sometimes.
> > Slightly less transpareny (i. e. more "opacity") would probably
> > help.
> 
> same way - change default style though. choose from the ones
> available. as such all details are theme controlled so you just get
> to pick the pre-made designs.

This freedom in themeing comes at a cost that made me think over the
last week. An E17 theme covers too many aspects to be treated as
a monolithic union. I have to admit that i still don't see through!
>From the edc spec I can't understand if groups have more meaning than
just tagging parts of a theme. Is there a way to provide different
'versions' of definitions (e.g. for composite on/off, and simple) or
to make parts of a theme excludable (e.g. anim), or is this
'degree of freedom' hardcoded dialog-wise in e itself. In this sense,
how modular are compiled edj files?

Best wishes,
Dennis Heuer <dh-...@on...>