[e-users] Enlightenment on a fridge

2010-11-25 Thread Daniel Stonier
Just saw this story on slashdot. Reminded me of e16's ./configure script check that was something like: Checking for beer in the fridge...no OH NO! You must rectify this bug immediately! I'm guessing it no longer needs to run that check, it should just know it :) Nice work guys! Daniel.

Re: [e-users] Some constructive criticism

2010-04-16 Thread Daniel Stonier
On 16 April 2010 17:17, Christian Ullmann wrote: > Hi! > > What about eterm right now? I saw the sources on SVN but i havnt > compiled them. As you answered it seems eterm is a bit incomplete... > > And wasnt where a e-lib music player out there some time ago (the > interface was quite similar to

[e-users] Compiling E17 from SVN

2008-10-08 Thread Daniel Stonier
Hi, I was just trying to comile e17 from svn for a mate on ubuntu 8, and ran into libtool errors. I'm a bit unsure of the magic behind these so any advice would be helpful. * Autogen scripts ran fine for each module (efreet, evas...). * When running 'make', I got the following error. libtool: Ve

Re: [e-users] [E-devel] New blog entry - Window manipulation and focus configuration nightmare

2007-12-30 Thread Daniel Stonier
On 31/12/2007, Daniel Stonier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tyranny of the majority - I like that! Or like to fight against it anyway! > > I love E's philosophy in allowing the user to choose the style they > want. Too often 'hidden' functionalities become ne

Re: [e-users] non-Latin characters in e17-cvs

2007-05-22 Thread Daniel Stonier
On 22/05/07, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 21 May 2007 21:41:42 +0100 Foxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > Quoting Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Sun, 20 May 2007 17:45:38 -0500, Foxy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Kent wrote: > > >>> On Sun

Re: [e-users] [E-devel] Creating custom applications in e17

2007-05-15 Thread Daniel Stonier
On 16/05/07, Nikolas Arend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel Stonier wrote: > > At the moment, I left click the top corner and create an icon. That > > makes a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications. That's all you > > really need do to create one. If you

Re: [e-users] Creating custom applications in e17

2007-05-14 Thread Daniel Stonier
At the moment, I left click the top corner and create an icon. That makes a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications. That's all you really need do to create one. If you want to go further, you can text edit the .desktop file so you can customise it for your own applications menu or use with a

Re: [e-users] Where are desktop files written these days?

2007-04-17 Thread Daniel Stonier
Forgot to mention, ~/.local/share/applications also seems to be where e is creating them. On 18/04/07, Daniel Kasak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings. > > I'm running current cvs, and attempting to set up icons again. I'm > getting clashes between Firefox & Thunderbird. IIRC the last time th

Re: [e-users] Where are desktop files written these days?

2007-04-17 Thread Daniel Stonier
I ran into the same problem...seems to be in a state of flux atm, but if you put your desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications, they'll work in the apps, menu and ibar so long as the .desktop files utilise png's. Seems to be some problems if they utilise edje files. Cheers, DJ. On 18/04/07, D

Re: [e-users] engage eap icons

2007-04-17 Thread Daniel Stonier
On 17/04/07, jayan cabatuan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I dont know if this is the right place to ask this, but Ill ask anyway. > Is it possible to have animated eap icons for engage? > > If you run engage under the elive cd (I used the current development > version) the last icon (the "install e

Re: [e-users] gnomish e17

2005-09-14 Thread Daniel Stonier
Just add the various demons you want from gnome that run in the background before you call enlightenment in your script. e.g. to ensure gnome themes are remembered, you can use this in your enlightenment session/desktop/xinitrc script to fire things up. /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon

[e-users] Re: [E-users/devel] Java apps and window problems

2005-09-08 Thread Daniel Stonier
ne in both e17 and gnome, but on the 64 bit system they fail as desribed below in e17, but work ok in gnome. Maybe something's up with blackdowns 64 bit compile - is anyone else successfully running java apps and e17 on a 64 bit system? Cheers, Daniel Stonier. On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 23:1

Re: [e-users] Switching To Enlightenment

2005-08-25 Thread Daniel Stonier
e you can offer would be much appreciated, thank you. Cheers, Daniel Stonier --- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Pl

[e-users] Eclair and Emotion

2005-06-08 Thread Daniel Stonier
Hi all, I just redownloaded e17 from cvs and put it together on my new laptop (gentoo). The only hitch I've had is to do with the sound coming from eclair and emotion_test. I'm using intel's new high definition audio (as opposed to it's old AC '97 equipment) with the azalia drivers and alsa 1.0

Re: [e-users] E17 Keybindings

2005-05-25 Thread Daniel Stonier
Excellent, exactly what I was initially looking for! Thanks for the info Raster. Cheers, Daniel. On Wed, 25 May 2005 14:20:10 +0900, Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is there a way of defining these keys by enlightenment_remote without using keysymbols? i.e. via either keycod

[e-users] E17 Keybindings

2005-05-24 Thread Daniel Stonier
r the keys? Cheers, Daniel. On Mon, 23 May 2005 18:44:20 -0600, emby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daniel Stonier wrote: I suspect perhaps this is the same reason that I can't get xmodmap to committ and save keysymbol settings (for multimedia keys) inbetween the entrance login

[e-users] entrance/e xmodmap

2005-05-23 Thread Daniel Stonier
Have been trying to set up some multimedia keys with E17 and have them working, however can't get them going automatically in the boot/login process. I have entrance/e17 cvs'd on a gentoo system. - Have set up the keys with appropriate actions in e17 using enlightenment_remote -binding-k

Re: [e-users] Fwd: Eclair/Emotion

2005-05-23 Thread Daniel Stonier
onight :) Thanks for the info. Cheers, Daniel. On Mon, 23 May 2005 14:54:45 +0900, Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 23 May 2005 13:18:42 +0900 "Daniel Stonier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: Hi all, I just redownloaded e17 from cvs and put it to

[e-users] Fwd: Eclair/Emotion

2005-05-22 Thread Daniel Stonier
Hi all, I just redownloaded e17 from cvs and put it together on my new laptop (gentoo). The only hitch I've had is to do with the sound coming from eclair and emotion_test. I'm using intel's new high definition audio (as opposed to it's old AC '97 equipment) with the azalia drivers and alsa 1.0

[e-users] Entrance on FC3

2005-04-18 Thread Daniel Stonier
Just been messing around with Fedora 3 and Entrance. Can anyone here confirm they've got it up and going from cvs? I've got Entrance running as the preferred display manager without a hitch, but it fails at authentification for some reason. Cheers, Daniel -

[e-users] Entrance and permissions on the audio device

2005-01-08 Thread Daniel Stonier
eally sure where to start looking for this one and googling has been like finding needles in the haystack. Cheers, Daniel Stonier. --- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-

Re: [e-users] Installing Eterm

2004-11-18 Thread Daniel Stonier
Did you try running 'ldconfig' after installing the libraries? Cheers, Daniel. On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:23:48 + (GMT), Graham Woodward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi im trying to install Eterm on my Suse 9.1 x86, machine running Enlightenment. I ran configure and it moan that I didnt have libas

Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-17 Thread Daniel Stonier
c gnome-settings-daemon & exec /usr/X11R6/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash -display :0 & exec /usr/bin/gdesklets & exec /usr/bin/enlightenment -single -display :0.0 & exec /usr/bin/enlightenment -single -econfdir /home/snorri/.enlightenment-secondary -display :0.1 Hope this helps the advent

Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Daniel Stonier
the mechanics behind this - are they deliberately intended to operate in a different fashion? And if it is supposed to spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to send each command unique arguments? Regards, Daniel Stonier. Dan, maybe I'm confused. Are you trying to span a desk

Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Daniel Stonier
ed to spawn across the multiple screen numbers, is it possible to send each command unique arguments? Regards, Daniel Stonier. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us

Re: [e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-16 Thread Daniel Stonier
ish to. Haven't tried it yet though. Now just a matter of getting the two desktops to point to different e configurations :) Cheers, Daniel Stonier. -- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/ --- This SF.net email

[e-users] Multiple Monitors

2004-10-15 Thread Daniel Stonier
independantly? Cheers, Daniel Stonier. --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on ITManagersJournal Use IT products in your business? Tell us what you think of them. Give us Your Opinions, Get Free ThinkGeek Gift Certificates! Click to

Fwd: Re: [e-users] 3ddesktop

2004-10-12 Thread Daniel Stonier
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:59:19 +0200, Kim Woelders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daniel Stonier wrote: Hmm Just tried running it on my router machine and it echoed the moan that yours emitted. I think it may be due to different builds of e. This experienced expert has only head his head wrap

Re: [e-users] 3ddesktop

2004-10-12 Thread Daniel Stonier
27;s stop flowering and exams are finished. Cheers, Daniel Stonier. On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:50:50 +0200, phriedrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 06:08:14 +1000 "Daniel Stonier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Exactly what didn't work? And were you trying via

[e-users] 3ddesktop

2004-10-12 Thread Daniel Stonier
For those who are using it with e and would like to get it to work on 'virtual desktops' rather than the 'multiple desktops' I managed to figure out what was causing the problems. http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/3d/3ddesktop-0.2.7.tar.gz http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/3d/3ddesktop-

Re: [e-users] Transparent gnome-terminal backgrounds with multiple desktops

2004-10-10 Thread Daniel Stonier
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:41:17 -0400, Robt. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Oct 10, 2004 at 02:00:03PM -0400, Smoke wrote: On Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 18:51, Kim Woelders wrote: > GNOME doesn't handle virtual root windows (2., 3., ... desktop) properly. > E 0.16.7 has a feature that makes

Fwd: Re: [e-users] Transparent gnome-terminal backgrounds with multiple desktops

2004-10-10 Thread Daniel Stonier
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:00:03 -0400, Smoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday, Oct 10, 2004 at 18:51, Kim Woelders wrote: GNOME doesn't handle virtual root windows (2., 3., ... desktop) properly. E 0.16.7 has a feature that makes things seem to work, try: $ eesh -e "hints xroot root" Well, that

Re: [e-users] 3ddesktop and E

2004-10-09 Thread Daniel Stonier
et it working in combo with virtual and multiple desktops at once too - this sort of thing would be great as an fx effect for desktop sliding in e17 when they start working on the desktop. Daniel. On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:09:34 -0400, Mike Hernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 1

[e-users] 3ddesktop and E

2004-10-09 Thread Daniel Stonier
Does anyone here use 3ddesktop with their E setup? And if so is it working as it should? Cheers, Daniel Stonier. -- email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.optusnet.com.au/stonierd/ --- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IT Product Guide on

Re: [e-users] GTK themes & Fedora 2

2004-07-15 Thread Daniel Stonier
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 12:58:34 -0400, Justin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Has anyone been able to change their GTK2 theme while using E & and Fedora 2? I can't get switch2 to work at all in Fedora 2. Is there another way? Any help will be greatly appreciated, Justin On FC1. I run gnome-theme-manag

Re: [e-users] older epplets

2004-05-31 Thread Daniel Stonier
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:28:17 +0200, Martin Skjöldebrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've removed it from both .snapshots.0 and .clients. But it's still there.And restarted Enlightenment. Try closing E, editing the files, then restarting E. I think E might write over your changes if you do it insi

Re: [e-users] older epplets

2004-05-31 Thread Daniel Stonier
On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 05:40:41 +0200, Martin Skjöldebrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How do I get rid of older epplets from the desktop at startup? It doesn't have a "close button", and I haven't found it in any startup file (probably because I've look in the wrong places). Help? /M. Alt-rightclick

[e-users] Re: [E-devel] xplanet and dr16

2004-05-24 Thread Daniel Stonier
Doesn't xplanet by default (no arguments) run on the root window? Im using 16.6 still, but works as expected on this. Regards, Daniel. On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:31:57 +0200, Alan Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I'd like to use xplanet to draw the background of my desktops. I've tried severa

Re: [e-users] Eterm blues . . .

2004-05-10 Thread Daniel Stonier
Eterm... ./configure -without-sense-of-humor God I got a good laugh out of this, specially when I went back and found Kenny got whacked when you didn't enable this. Was having a gloomy day so it brightened it right up :) As for this, I have no problems compiling the source on FC1 - are you sure y

Re: [e-users] "Run" box in E16

2004-04-22 Thread Daniel Stonier
04/04, at 13:42 +1000, Daniel Stonier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I currently do something similar with Eterm and bash scripts that could be adapted to a generic 'run'. My scripts pop up an Eterm in the middle of the desktop, asks the user for Alarm clock time settings, resets cr

Re: [e-users] "Run" box in E16

2004-04-21 Thread Daniel Stonier
I currently do something similar with Eterm and bash scripts that could be adapted to a generic 'run'. My scripts pop up an Eterm in the middle of the desktop, asks the user for Alarm clock time settings, resets cron (I use it to start an oggy play of Rammstein at the specified time), then closes i

Re: [e-users] Ecore_Evas - screenshot grabbing

2004-03-21 Thread Daniel Stonier
Found some info on the system(), fork(), exec() and wait() functions which made a bit of sense and made it apparent it had nothing to do with ecore/evas at all. The whole schebang works smoothly now...at least until I figure out a new way to break things :) Thanks anyway, Daniel Stonier. On Mon

[e-users] Ecore_Evas - screenshot grabbing

2004-03-21 Thread Daniel Stonier
Ran into another problem today - think I need to understand a little more about how Ecore_Evas does its window handling. I'm trying to incorporate a screenshot grabber into the program, ultimately to save time as it didn't look hard to implement but I think I've now spent more time on this than I

Re: [e-users] Ecore_Evas

2004-03-15 Thread Daniel Stonier
Is there an easier way to tackle this thing? ie while ((o = evas_object_bottom_get(evas)) evas_object_del(o); will completely clear all objects in a canvas and empty it out completely. So obvious :) And exactly what I was looking for - thanks. Daniel Stonier

[e-users] Ecore_Evas

2004-03-14 Thread Daniel Stonier
I've run into a small problem using ecore_evas and not entirely sure of the best approach to take on it. I dont know how many of you are actively using it, but here's to hoping at least one or two of you are :) Problem: Need to refresh (return it to its original state after creating and moving

Re: [e-users] weird behavior of Eterm when reading man pages

2003-06-10 Thread Daniel Stonier
> On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 19:34, Didier Casse wrote: > > Hi there, > > I just noticed that when I use Eterm to read man pages: e.g man > > perl. I get some funny characters in the man pages. But when I use xterm > > to view the man pages... wel I get the normal English characters. Anybod