On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:29:05 +0200 Hannes Janetzek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
simple answer: 1. use gadcon 2. add a "generic layout" layout smart to gadcon so it can use that instead of the linear one it uses for the shelf 3. make the desktop advertise a gadcon layout. done. existing modules and gadgets will then also work there. > Hi, > I started to make a new taskbar-module based on engage. For now it > uses gadcon, but this has several disadvantages. The problem is that the > shelf is intended to hold more than one gadcon-client and therefore the > clients should be changed on changes to the shelf. In my case the > module should control the size, hiding and style of the shelf and > futhermore it doesn't make sense to have more than one client in its > shelf. > > In short: there are a bunch of other modules that need to control how > and where they appear on the desk; modules which might have multiple > instance configurations to store. > I would say engage, devian, calendar and all this desklet-stuff falls in > this category for example. > > So what interfaces could be needed by such a module and how should the > user configure these modules? > > Ok, one could implement all the window- and > instance-handling-configuration for each module, but i think this > will cause a very incosistent configuration of such modules in the > end. So I would do it like this, as one example: > 'Module Settings' -> 'Engage' -> Configure -> 'add Instance' > > >From the user perspective I think it would make more sense if one adds > a module like this just like shelfs. > So the add Button from the shelf settings would show a select-window to > add a shelf or an engage bar, etc. > 'Shelf Settings' -> add -> 'Engage' > > > On the interface side. > Just some ideas i had so far for this new kind of shelf. > Module provides information to the 'shelf': > - a name (to show in the select window) > - which orientations are possible (float, edge,..) > - if size is set by the module > Module can cause the 'shelf' > - to resize > - to show/hide > > 'Shelf' provides funtionality > - move window / setting the edge > - hiding > - 'abstracts' if the module instance draws on the desk or a popup (as is > does now already) > > I know there is the gadcon between the client and the shelf. Though for > this kind of shelf gadcon could be much simplified, since it > has only to handle with one module. > > > Are there any objections to add something like this to e? > I mean, it could simplify the work to create a desklet-like module a > lot. > If there is a better way to achieve what i want, please let me know! > > > Best Regards, > Hannes 'jeffdameth' Janetzek > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
