On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:24:01 +0200 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Am Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:13:18 +0900 schrieb Carsten Haitzler (The > Rasterman): > > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:42:56 +0200 Andreas Volz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > babbled: > > > > > Am Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:56:50 +0200 schrieb Andreas Volz: > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > currently it's only possible to place modules in the panels. I > > > > remember the time when it was possible to place modules free in > > > > size and position on the desktop background. This was a great > > > > feature. > > > > > > > > - Why was this feature removed? > > > > > > > > - Will it come back? > > > > > > Why was this bug closed without any explanation? > > > > > > http://bugzilla.enlightenment.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170 > > > > > > Perhaps I'm not able to find the option to place modules on the > > > desktop. Or is this a not desired feature? Please give at least a > > > short explanation. Thanks! > > > > it's not being added back because it's generally a silly feature > > (gadgets get covered by windows all the time) and no developer wants > > to spend time on it as the general view among the developers is that > > What is the difference to the desktop icons like trash, home folder and > mount points? They're also covered by windows all the time. I don't > think that one could argument that way. I could for example imagine > that one screen holds all my nice and useful desktop modules. If I open > no window there I've no problems. Don't assume how anybody uses a > desktop environment. :-) > > > it is a dubiously useful feature. patches accepted. > > This is good to read. In the past I waited for this feature to come > back. Now I know that it'll not come back "from alone". My knowledge of > the EFL is growing more and more, but I never hacked in E itself. Are > there any experienced E developers that like this feature too and will > spend work for a solution? NB: in theory gadcon (the new gadget system) CAN do this - you need to 1. add a "general 2d layout handler" (the current is 1d), and 2. provide a "gadcon" on the desktop. currently the only thing providing gadcons is the shelf. i designed gadcon to be much more generic than the old gadman - so in theory gadcons can go into popups, menus, titlebars, the desktop etc. BUT - i just don't want to sink the time and effort into a 2d layout + gadcon provision for the desktop. as per my other mail- just because gadcon doesn't do this doesn't mean modules can't go and create "Desktop" elements anyway. :) -- ------------- 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: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
