Dan D Niles wrote: > On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 11:49 +0200, Kim Woelders wrote: >> Dan D Niles wrote: >>> Many of the actions defined for the root window do not work when >>> nautilus is running. For example, the scroll wheel does not cycle >>> through desktops, and the left mouse button menus do not work. The >>> middle mouse button menus work fine. If I kill nautilus, they all >> work >>> fine. Is there any way to get root window events to work in the >> desktop >>> context? >>> >> No, the root button actions will not work when you have nautilus >> covering the root, but you can get the root menus with Ctrl-Shift-F1/2/3. > > Bummer. Fvwm added a desktop context to deal with file managers. Are > there any plans to add a desktop context or something similar? > If you mean if e16 is going to provide easily configurable desktop icons, the answer is "probably not". e16 is a WM. e17 will give you a full desktop environment. You can of course run nautilus with --no-desktop (can also be configured permanently with gconf-editor), and it won't cover your root, but you won't have the nautilus desktop icons either. You can also make the nautilus desktop window not-sticky, and it will only occupy one of your desks.
>>> I was working on making my own keybindings, and had it working for a >>> while. I didn't know what the possible actions were and couldn't find >>> any docs. I installed e16keyedit and played with that for a while. I >>> didn't care for it so I removed it. But now enlightenment won't listen >>> to my keybindings. I can change, add, or remove keybindings in my >>> ~/.enlightenment/keybindings.cfg but they will not change. I tried >>> restarting enlightenment and logging out and back in. If I put an error >>> in the file, it complains about it though. My theory is that e16keyedit >>> did something that is overriding my keybindings. Any idea how to fix >>> it? >>> >> You seem to be using e16 0.16.7.x. It has some issues in that area. >> The only way to fix it is really to remove >> ~/.enlightenment/...e_session-XXXXXX, losing most of your settings. > > Opps, I forgot to mention what version I was using.. Yes, I'm running > 0.16.7.2. That will work, I haven't changed much yet. > >>> I use the gnome workspace switcher to manage my desktops. I use 10 >>> desktops in a 5x2 arrangement. Gnome has functions for going to the >>> desktop left, right, above, or below the current one. I cannot find a >>> way to do that with enlightenment. With fvwm, I can fake it by using >>> 'GotoDesk -5 0 0 9' to go to the desktop above the current one. I could >>> write a shell script that uses eesh to get the current desktop, >>> calculate where to go, and then set the desktop. That seems like the >>> hard, and slow, way to do it. Is there any way to do this cleanly in >>> the keybindings.cfg file? >>> >> There should be default keybindings for that (Alt-Shift-Left/Right/...). > > Yes, left and right are bound, but not up and down. It is the two > dimensional movement I'm looking to duplicate. Just using previous and > next takes too long when using 10 desktops. > All four keybindings Alt-Shift-Left/Right/Up/Down are by default set by e16 to do what you want. If the Up/Down ones don't work for you, either you are not using a default configuration or some other app has grabbed those key combinations. >>> Lastly, is there any documentation on the language used in the >>> keybindings.cfg file? I wasn't able to find any. I had to poke around >>> in the source to find some things out, but I don't feel like I have a >>> complete grasp of what is possible. >>> >> If you want to use e16 I suggest you upgrade to e16 0.16.8.x and take a >> look at README-0.16.8 and bindings.cfg. > > I'm using Ubuntu, and I prefer to stick with what's in the repositories. > How new is 16.8? Maybe Ubuntu will upgrade sometime soon. > 0.16.8 appeared well over a year ago, so I wouldn't hold my breath. It is not entirely painless to migrate from 0.16.7.x to 0.16.8.x, which is probably why 0.16.8.x hasn't been picked up in debian. /Kim ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
