On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:24:20 -0800 (PST) c_c <cchan...@yahoo.com> said:
> > Hi, > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)-2 wrote: > > > > possible - not that i'm going to do it - but anything is possible with > > code. :) > > i am not touching the launcher in illume as i am going to pretty much gut > > it > > anyway later. > > > Ha! well, I wasn't expecting you to do it. Can you throw some light on > what you're going to come up with after you 'gut' illume :-). > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)-2 wrote: > > > > if you want a settings app - write one. if the .desktop Categories have > > System > > and Settings in it - it will get listed under the system "tab" in e's > > settings > > panel - clicking it will launch that app. > > > I'm looking at doing just that. Wanted some answers about the the how's and > why's. This seems like a decent way of doing things to me. > > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)-2 wrote: > > > > e has a notification module that does this with the xdf notifications dbus > > protocol - it likely wont look great on a small screen - but it'll work. > > > Can Illume (or something like that) modify the way data is presented on the > screen through xdf notifications? oops - i meant XDG - type (freedesktop.org). the notification module defines how it looks - its fairly small and simple actually... but its not hard to implement. > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)-2 wrote: > > > > it just changes e's behavior and ui a bit. > > the problem is its too much in 1 place and needs splitting up. > > > Is that part of the de-gutting process? The reason I'm asking is that I > wouldn't want to spend time trying to modify Illume if what you're going to > do changes the paradigm itself. yes. i need to split illume up. too much in 1 spot. the vkbd infra is good. the built-in kbd is decent - dict is a bit lacking. the top bar (slipshelf) is ok. launcher is ugly. layout management is ok. this should get split into multiple modules, not all in 1 - so to answer the above. this needs doing. launcher i just dont much like - it was a 2hr effort on an afternoon to provide a more usable alternative to the slider mode which is what om originally designed and wanted (and was implemented - but of course has usability issues). the first step is to add the general paradigm of being able to split the screen up into e itself - so illume can provide the policy - and e manage a central place to advertise such splitting and how to hook into it. this then allows for kbd and layout and splishelf to be split - launcher too. launcher then should probably be replaced with more of a "quick launch" set of icons for your 4 or 5 fave apps - then a bigger "app browser" for the rest. get you back a desktop thats clean - so you can add clock and other gadgets to it (a today gadget etc. too). > -- > View this message in context: > http://n2.nabble.com/Exposure-tp2116082p2243350.html Sent from the Openmoko > Devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
