On Friday, 24 August 2018 11:51:22 BST Peter Flynn wrote: > On 24/08/18 11:24, Mick wrote: > > On Friday, 24 August 2018 10:40:43 BST Peter Flynn wrote: > >> I didn't think that any Linux worked with touch screen devices. I looked > >> last year, as I was in the market for a new laptop, and I reckoned it > >> would be 4–5 years before the hardware would be stable enough to write > >> for it in an open source environment where you don't have commercial > >> access to the APIs or privileged access to the specs. > > > > Suits me, I detest thumbprints on screens! ;-) > > I've been known to "help" a user by leaning over their shoulder to touch > something on their screen, only to find theirs isn't a touchscreen...
Perhaps it's an acquired habit. I was trained before the days of iPhones and touchscreens and still prefer a keyboard and if need be mouse. > >> Bryce is being renamed, apparently. That's probably good. It's called a > >> dock or a toolbar usually. > > > > Whatever it may be called, how is Bryce launched? I don't see it under > > extensions, shelves, modules, gadgets in Settings. :-/ > > It's not. It's under Menu > Desktop > Add Bryce, presumably because it's > an entirely separate system from any of the existing shelf/ibar-related > extensions/shelves/modules/gadgets. Found it! :-) > The setup asks you to select screen edge (T/B/L/R), position (left/top, > middle/centre, or right/bottom), opacity, auto-resize (yes), auto-hide > (yes), and the mysterious "Do not stack above windows" which I left > untouched as I don't understand its implications, because a dock/toolbar > doesn't "stack", it pops up and pops away. I swear there was a module some years ago replicating the AppleMac dock thingy, but I can't recall its name. > That gives you a rudimentary dock like a Mac (which is why I like it so > much). When you run an application from the normal menus, its icon > appears in the bryce and you can right-click it and pick (+) to add it > permanently. Repeat for your primary applications. Interesting! So it is a ibox + ibar combo. > For the gadets, place your mouse pointer on any of the icons and then > use Alt-rightclick and pick Bryce > Gadgets. The Gadgets panel uses > floating-drag, so you click and release and the selected gadget becomes > sticky so you can drag it *without* holding down the mouse button, and > drop it onto the bryce where you want it. > > One of the gadgets is a whole block of icons of popular applications, so > you might want to start with that rather than adding them all individually. Thanks Peter for explaining bryce's functionality. I'm trying to think how/ why I would use it in addition to the one and only shelf I have at the bottom of my desktop. The problem is I don't have any free edges in my habitual desktop layout: The bottom edge has a shelf with start/ibox/pager/ibar/gadgets/clock; The LH has gkrellms and some gadgets; The top has some folders/files I access frequently; The RH is permanently taken up by two terminals. Other virtual desktops have mail/browser and usually at least one terminal. I guess I could use Bryce there, but is it configurable individually on each virtual desktop, or is it one size fits all? -- Regards, Mick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
