On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:37:55 +0200 Wim Borremans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> Op di, 30-08-2005 te 09:50 +0900, schreef Carsten Haitzler: > > any x progam - if they know how to find the window could in theory draw on > > it - but you'd end up with the same mess/war of drawing you end up on the > > root window. thisw is why e has modules - to allow extensions in an > > organised way for things to share the desktop bg. 2 clients drawing to the > > same window is just a very bad bad bad bad idea. there is no way for them > > to organise who draws what where and when without creating a big protocol > > for it, thus e takes the "well screw you - i'm the wm and my policy is that > > i draw on root and you guys just can go back home and suck eggs!" :) e > > provides a way to extend to allow the root to be shareed - as i said and > > that mechanism is modules. > > so basicaly, if i want moving images (say like glmatrix or glslideshow) > as a background, i should start learning programming and write a module > for e? (how long would it take to learn c???) ;-) yes. or... you could figur eout edje and make an animated desktop bg wallpaper as it supports animation. it isnt fulyl algodithmic animation thoguh you can partially do it, but it can do a lot. the cool bit is your edje bg will work on any machine - any platform, anywhere, and doesnt need to be a module. it can be previews, thumbnailed and more. :) > thx for the interesting answers and for the good work you're doing, > rasterman! > > wimbo > -- ------------- 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
