On Sunday, September 4, 2011 9:27:19 PM UTC+8, Alex Baer wrote:
>
> Thanks for taking the time!
> See my responses below.
>
> Am Sonntag, 4. September 2011, 14:48:24 schrieb P Purkayastha:
> > On Sunday, September 4, 2011 6:26:04 PM UTC+8, Alex Baer wrote:
> [...]
> > >
> > > 1. Menu configuration
> > > There's a choice between "Enlightenment" and "KMenuEdit". What's the
> use
> > > of
> > >
> > > the latter? The effect is, that the applications menu is completely
> > > empty. Is
> > > that the correct/intended behaviour?
> >
> > The "Enlightenment" menu is simply a menu file which includes kde, gnome,
> > etc. menu files (if they are present in your system). You should just use
> > whatever gives you a complete Applications menu on left-click at desktop.
>
> That's what I did, I just wonder what the other option is good for, and why
> it
> is calle "Kmenuedit". The name suggests that one could use the KDE menu
> editor
> to edit the E17 menu, but this doesn't seem to work....
It is probably provided by the KDE installation of your distro. That menu
dialog simply displays the .menu files in /etc/xdg/menus
> >
> > 3. Window opening and closing in the config dialog
> >
> > > When I change setttings I click on options or categories and a dialog
> > > opens.
> > > to close the window I have to explicitly click on its "Close" (or
> > > "Schließen")
> > > button. In other DEs I can click a second time on the options that
> opened
> > > the
> > > window, to close it. I find this comfortable, as I don't have to move
> the
> > > mouse
> > > to an (accidentally) opened window.
> > > Are there any plans to add this comfortable functionality to E17? I can
> > > only
> > > speak for myself, but I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > Not sure what you mean here. I have kde system settings and it is one
> > monolithic configuration window.
>
> I mean, that you have to move the mouse to the sub-window and click on the
> "Close" button. In other DEs a second click on the button that opened the
> sub-
> window closes it. No need to move the mouse across half the screen, first,
> there.
> E. g., you open the settings editor. Then you click on "Appearance" and
> then
> "Composite". The dialog for composite opens. In order to close it, you have
> to
> move the mouse to the dialog and click on "Close". In other DEs you could
> alternatively click a second time on "Composite" in the main menu. What is
> more, clicking multiple times on an option in the main menu in E17 doesn't
> open and close the respective dialag, but in some places opens multiple
> instances of the dialog, which is less than useful for a settings dialog,
> most
> of the time, I think....
Actually, in most of the cases, clicking on that option again will popup the
*existing* dialog. This has a utility by itself. If I have many dialog
windows open, then clicking on the option reveals the dialog window that is
already open, instead of closing it.
The only case which I can think of that gives a completely new dialog
everytime you click on it, is the Apps -> Create Launcher button. Most of
the other options just bring the already open dialog to the top of all
windows.
If you want you can enable Window -> Window focus -> "Misc -> Slide pointer
to new focused window" and "New window focus -> All windows" (or "only
dialogs with focused parent"). This should slide your mouse pointer to the
newly opened dialog window after focusing the dialog window.
Other options of controlling where new windows appear: Window -> Window
Display -> New Windows -> Place at mouse pointer.
> > > 5. Menu opening effect
> > > Sorry, I don't know how to describe this better in English, but I try
> my
> > > best.
> > > Clicking with left mouse button the desktop background opens the root
> > > menu.
> > >
> > > But it isn't just there. It is "blended" in, avoiding harsh contrast.
> The
> > > effect is initially visually appealing, but after a while I find it a
> bit
> > > too
> > > much. (Where) can I turn this effect off?
> >
> > Weird. Maybe you can check if you are using the composite module, and if
> > so, change the style of menus. Alternatively, you could try a different
> > theme.
>
> Without composite it's better, but then all other things Composite does,
> are
> gone, too. No way to configure this individually?
Look -> Composite -> Effects -> menus should help you configure how your
menus look.
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