Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-10 Thread Ibukun Olumuyiwa
Yes, unfortunately we need a widget toolkit. I'm largely letting Essien make the call on this one, but we might even go with both. This is the kind of situation I dreaded when ETK first started up, and unfortunately some people will consider a choice of one toolkit over another as some sort of

[E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Essien Ita Essien
I've begun looking at laying the initial groundwork for the Entrance GUI config/control center. To do this, I can either choose etk or ewl or (ewww!!! build yet another e toolkit (YAET!), I'm too lazy to do that anyways). This is probably going to generate a lot of comment anyways, so I may as

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Essien Ita Essien
Rapid update. Raster just informed me, this is _not_ going to happen, because the e internal widgets don't really have a long live-span and are currently just a minor convenience. They may soon go to the dogs, without warning too :). I guess the point in the thread is basically m(0.o)t then,

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Hisham Mardam Bey
On 8/9/06, Essien Ita Essien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rapid update. Raster just informed me, this is _not_ going to happen, because the e internal widgets don't really have a long live-span and are currently just a minor convenience. They may soon go to the dogs, without warning too :). If

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Stephen Houston
On 8/9/06, Hisham Mardam Bey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/9/06, Essien Ita Essien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rapid update. Raster just informed me, this is _not_ going to happen, because the e internal widgets don't really have a long live-span and are currently just a minor convenience. They may

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Nathan Ingersoll
xcomp may have changed his opinion on this over time, but last I spoke with him about it, he did not want to bring in additional dependencies beyond what is currently in entrance. On 8/9/06, Hisham Mardam Bey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/9/06, Essien Ita Essien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rapid

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Essien Ita Essien
Hisham Mardam Bey wrote: On 8/9/06, Essien Ita Essien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rapid update. Raster just informed me, this is _not_ going to happen, because the e internal widgets don't really have a long live-span and are currently just a minor convenience. They may soon go to the dogs,

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Essien Ita Essien
Nathan Ingersoll wrote: xcomp may have changed his opinion on this over time, but last I spoke with him about it, he did not want to bring in additional dependencies beyond what is currently in entrance. he's actually open to options currently. but the no dependencies thing would be cool

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread Essien Ita Essien
Stephen Houston wrote: snip Its probably not a good idea to use etk or ewl because they are an extra dependency, and its in entrances best interests to keep it neutral. Just use evas objects, and edje for the gfx, and you'll be fine. i've seriously considered this too. i'm going to sleep

Re: [E-devel] Entrance Config - YAET

2006-08-09 Thread The Rasterman
On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:20:20 +0100 Essien Ita Essien [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: Stephen Houston wrote: snip Its probably not a good idea to use etk or ewl because they are an extra dependency, and its in entrances best interests to keep it neutral. Just use evas objects, and edje