On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:26:19 -0400 Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > First of all - I just recently made the switch from being a full-time > Windows user, to Debian. Three weeks now, and I only boot into Windows for > gaming (Wish M$ didn't have anything to do with that game, then perhaps it > could come to Linux!). I started with KDE, and while any change from XP is > for the better, I didn't see everything I could do with my GUI until I > installed e17. Faster, prettier & more stable than XP ever was for me, and > this is alpha software! So I'd just like to thank all the developers for a > great piece of software.
thanks :) > Now, for the questions... I'm using rasterman's get_e script to update > occasionally. I've watched the CVS messages scroll by and have an idea of > some of the items updated, but I wondered if anyone has a list of what get_e > updates. Related to that, any suggestions on other portions of e17 that > aren't updated, that I should check out? I'm not using entrance, already > took that out with the option in that script. I am using the engage module & > evidence, and the the usual e_utils for making icons, changing backgrounds, > etc. check the script :) it checks out all of e17 cvs but builds only part of it. just because it's in cvs does not mean you should be building it. i put in there only whats NEEDED to get things up. :) > Also, using get_e .. Any suggestions (personal preference, even) for how > often to update with this script? I've been running it almost daily, but > wasn't sure how often there are significant updates to CVS. that varies week to week day to day. right now i'm not adding much as i'm working on subsystem support in evas to help me move on in e17 with some stuff - i've been fixing some bugs here and there sao things are improving on the stable front at the moment. > Final question, for now - I've found directions for forcing transperancy > with the standalone Engage, but not with the module. I see no theme-related > configuration for it at all, and have no clue how (doesn't seem it would be > possible) to fee the module version any command-line flags. moduels dont have command-line args. they are part of the e process loaded in at tuntime (lumps of code inserted into e). they have their own configuration they can handle in whatever way they like. > Anyway, thanks again for the great software, and hope someone has time to > help a new user. > > Ben > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
