Felix Boecker said: > I used e16 for about 5 minutes before being so amazed that I > just had to upgrade to e17 already so I'm not sure what exactly > I'm talking about, but ... e16 has a task manager or something > in the bottom left corner that displays the windows and also > window contents ... how are those window contents drawn? and > couldn't the same mechanism be used for this "expose"? I've > used e17 for about a day now and I haven't had a chance to look > into all the intricate details of the underlying source code > yet but from a pure user perspective it seems to me that the > code to do this has already been written and implemented in > e16. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > >
AFAIK, the task bar just shows a snapshot of the window which is updated in real-time if you wish. However, it's just a snapshot... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Christian Pedaschus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [e-users] Re: [e-users] Exposé for E17 > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:03:20 +0100 (WEST) > >> >> >> Christian Pedaschus said: >> >> > Because if the content of a window is fully themable, there >> > also should >> > be the possibility to adjust the size of all elements >> inside >> > the window, >> > at least i understand it this way... (?) >> > Rasterman (or someone else with the needed knowledge), plz >> show >> > us the >> > right way to go :) >> > >> >> I'm really not sure about this but I imagine that it would be >> possible to "imitate" Exposé completely if ALL software is >> based in EFL, however that is not the case so probably, we're >> not able to control the content of a window if its app was >> developed in for example, gtk+. So perhaps, if we could >> possibly know if we have a software written with EFL we could >> optimize the software to work with its window and if it is >> not >> written with EFL, we would just take the snapshot... >> >> Probably I'm completely on the wrong track but that's just my >> two cents... >> >> > Greets, Christian Pedaschus >> > >> > PS. Anyone else has probs reaching www.enlightenment.org? >> It's >> > very >> > slow and often aborts connection ...? (could be on my side >> too, >> > my isp >> > changed some things shortly) >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Paulo Jorge de Oliveira Cantante de Matos wrote: >> > >> >> Christian Pedaschus said: >> >> >> >> >> >>> PS. Just read the message from Christian Engels and i >> think, >> >>> that this >> >>> should be no >> >>> problem. >> >>> As an Idea: The windows don't need to be refreshed while >> >>> showing them in >> >>> epose (would be nice, but is not needed for the >> >>> functionality) >> >>> , so it >> >>> would(?) be enough, >> >>> to just take a screenshot of the window, resize and >> display >> >>> it. >> >>> no need >> >>> for e to change >> >>> font-sizes or take care of the layout 'inside' the >> window. >> >>> perhaps i missed something in expose (never used it), but >> i >> >>> guess that >> >>> should be >> >>> working, or? Plz correct me if i'm wrong.. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> At least for a first-version features I agree with >> Christian. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Thomas Kleinbauer wrote: >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>>> So, I really have no clue at all about the e17 >> internals, >> >>>> but >> >>>> I do have some >> >>>> programming experience and would be willing to >> participate >> >>>> in >> >>>> an effort to >> >>>> create something like Exposé for e17. But I think, >> somebody >> >>>> with a more >> >>>> profound insight into the libraries would be needed to >> lead >> >>>> such a project, >> >>>> therefore I'd like to post this official >> >>>> >> >>>> Call for Participation >> >>>> ====================== >> >>>> >> >>>> In order to implement a functionality similar to Max >> OSX' >> >>>> Exposé >> >>>> (http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/expose/), we are >> >>>> looking >> >>>> for people >> >>>> willing to contribute in any helpful way. In particular, >> the >> >>>> following >> >>>> positions are open ;-) >> >>>> >> >>>> - One or more project leader(s) >> >>>> >> >>>> Deeper knowledge of the e-libs would be a requirement, >> also >> >>>> the general >> >>>> management and organization of the project would be part >> of >> >>>> the task. >> >>>> >> >>>> - Worker bees >> >>>> >> >>>> People willing to contribute to the code, all different >> >>>> levels of >> >>>> experience welcome. >> >>>> >> >>>> - Testers >> >>>> >> >>>> Even if you don't feel ready to do some coding you may >> be a >> >>>> valuable help >> >>>> if you can take some time every once in a while to do >> code >> >>>> testing and write >> >>>> high quality feedback reports. >> >>>> >> >>>> It's not clear if this will eventually lead to a real >> >>>> (sub-)project, that >> >>>> depends vastly on the reactions to this call. Therefore, >> >>>> please spread this >> >>>> call around, but don't forget to point out that the >> primary >> >>>> coordination >> >>>> point - until an own infrastructure has been set up - is >> the >> >>>> "enlightenment >> >>>> user mailing list": >> >>>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=enlightenment-users >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux >> Migration >> >>> Strategies >> >>> from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward >> >>> articles, >> >>> informative Webcasts and more! 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