On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:09:41 -0500 i...@bandshed.net said:
> Hello E mailing list,
>
> I am the maintainer of AV Linux which is an independent specialized
> Audio and Video Linux Distribution based on Debian Stable and using the
> build toolchain of MX Linux. AV Linux has been around since 2007 and up
> until last year I used LXDE and later XFCE4 Desktop Environments but
> since moving to Debian Bookworm and MX-23 I've been using Enlightenment
> as the Desktop Environment. I could be wrong but I believe AV Linux is
> the only Distribution habitually in the Distrowatch rankings that is
> using pure Enlightenment 0.25 as it's DE. I will say that it's pretty
> obvious E is not designed to deploy in a turnkey state on Live Media but
> with some determination and assistance here and there most of those
> issues are ironed out..
>
> Now to get closer to my point, I can't say that adopting E has been a
> terribly popular decision and I've taken a lot of flack about it but
> personally I think it has been a good move and I'm very happy with it's
> smooth Desktop presentation and miser-like RAM usage and with every
> built ISO I'm able to make the experience a bit smoother but I have one
> constant User complaint that has been persistent enough that I need to
> ask some help to fix it. The complaint is about the Icon animations in
> the iBar and it irks people to almost comical proportions. I'd like to
> ask for some help and guidance to disable it in the default FLAT E
> theme. I am NOT a developer, I know my way around building ISO's,
> hacking configs, doing some Debian Packaging and some light scripting
> with YAD and wading into to something like writing or modifying EDC code
> is currently a bridge to far for me both time-wise and skill-wise. Yes,
> I have made some minor light modifications to the default FLAT theme but
> after a few hours of messing with the iBar edc code and getting nowhere
> I thought I'd ask for some help. The only change I want is for the iBar
> Icons to not to be animated and to simply highlight and display their
> tooltip label. Beyond that and the changes I've already made I'm very
> happy with the default E theme and I have 3 sets of palettes and
> matching GTK color themes to accompany it.
in default theme - find the fle:
ibar-ibox.edc
in this file find:
group { name: "e/modules/ibox/icon_overlay";
and in that group, inside the programs find this one:
program { name: "go_active";
^^^ that is where you want to start looking at.
if you want no REPEATED pulsing to show it's active (only pulse once on mouse
over) look at
program { name: "go_active2";
right below "go_active" then comment out the sequence {} block in that program.
it won't repeat the animation then and just pulse once. (commenting out is the
usual c/c++/java/c#/rust/js etc. commenting out like adding // at the start of
the line - you can also use /* ... */ comments too). "blocks" in edje ed are:
blockname {
...
}
they don't have to be over multiple lines - like c/c++/java/js etc. they are
newline agnostic, so commenting out a block is
// blockname {
// content here;
// ...
// }
for example. or
/*
blockname {
content here;
...
}
*/
if you want it to not even do the first pulse then back in the "go_active"
program, comment out the
after: "go_active2";
line (put // at the start of the line). this will mean the "go_active" program
that is triggered by the "e,state,focused" "e" signal never goes on to run the
"go_active2" after the "go_active" program has finished (that's what after:
does - after his program finishes, run this other one - programs can take some
period of time to run or can be instant. if they have a transition: LINEAR 0.5
like "go_active2" has then this program takes 0.5 seconds to run and will do
the transition to the hidden state over a period of 0.5 seconds, doing a
linear interpolation of properties (e.g. fading in or out or changing size
etc.))
since you've made small mods to the default theme already, this is just
another small mod to make. :)
> I would be willing to offset the time and effort required for assistance
> with a PayPal donation if there are any developers or advanced users who
> are interested in helping. I'm pulling together an ISO update so
> although it isn't a rush a timely solution would be pretty handy.
>
> If interested info on AV Linux is here: http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/
> My current modified FLAT theme is here in a Deb Package:
> https://bandshed.net/packages/AVL_MXe-23.X/SYSTEM_DEV/CORE/enlightenment-default-avl-theme-20241113-bookworm1-1_all.deb
> GTK Themes and matching E Palettes in a Deb Package:
> https://bandshed.net/packages/AVL_MXe-23.X/SYSTEM_DEV/CORE/enlightenment-skeuos-gtk-themes-20241008-bookworm1-1_all.deb
>
> Thanks for reading and I look forward to participating give and take on
> the list in case any of the AV Linux Enlightenment customizations are
> useful to other Users.
>
> Best Regards, Glen MacArthur - AV Linux Maintainer
>
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