On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 23:13:54 +0000 Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> said:
> On 12/01/18 22:16, Stephen Houston wrote: > > I don't think you get it - luncher is the application launcher - what was > > bryce and is now gadget bar is what holds the luncher (which is a gadget as > > well as any of your other gadgets - wireless, pager, temperature, > > cpumonitor, netstatus, etc.., etc.., etc...) so gadget bar makes sense. > > Yes, yes...technically. In the same sense that an internal combustion > engine is a device for turning fuel into motion. But that's not why > people buy cars — they buy cars to get from A to B. > > I suspect its primary use is not going to be for using gadgets, fun > though it is. Its primary use is going to be for launching apps. > > Unless people prefer to host all their launchers on their desktop > background, I guess. Do people still do that? (You can see how sheltered > a life I lead :-) bryce (now gadget bar) is the same as shelf, and my shelf has a clock, temperature meter, power on/off/suspend button, mixer, a pager for all my virtual desktops, cpu freq meter... AND a "application launcher" bar. stephen is right. it's far more than just for launching apps. its a panel/bar/whatever thing for a bunch of "desktop control gadgets" that you'd commonly use to control your desktop environment (or see it's status). > > NM works with the wireless gadget so no need to switch to connman. > > But the wireless gadget I mistakenly put four copies on onto my desktop > the other day explicitly said "Connman not installed". > > > Bryce was a joke we made -- nothing more to tell. > > Aha. > > > https://git.enlightenment.org/enlightenment/gadgets/wireless.git/ suports > > networkmanager (NM) and connman so whatever you have will work. > > Cool. > > Right now, though, there's a problem with autohide, which puzzles me. > > It was working fine, but suddenly it's stopped lowering itself after > launching an app. Now it won't lower itself after moving the pointer > over the 1px protrusion. It autoraises and won't go back down. > > I can make it go down by using Alt right click on the up-arrow — I don't > need to click on any of the menu entries, just Alt and right-click and > wait half a second, and it goes down. > > Also, if I Alt right click and pick Bryce (and it autohides) then I pick > Gadgets (to add the netstatus gadget), it won't autoraise when I try to > drag the gadget down from the selection menu onto the bryce. > > In fact, while the selection menu is visible, the bryce won't autoraise > at all. So right now I can't get any gadgets onto it. > > I'll reboot later on just in case it's this Dell touchpad. > > ///Peter > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
