Enlightenment CVS committal
Author : jeoparde
Project : web
Module : e
Dir : web/e/data
Modified Files:
news.html
Log Message:
More gramerical correxions for the teeming crowds. :)
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RCS file: /cvsroot/enlightenment/web/e/data/news.html,v
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Thu Sep 18 - <a href="mailto:benr@@NO.SPAMcuddletech.com";>benr</a> - The Big News
Update
@:news_body@
<p>
-After months of restraint heres the big update as to where E is and is going.
Enlightenment DR17, the window manager currently in e17 CVS, is dead.
-As was mentioned in the <i>State of E</i> address awhile back the current WM code
needs a complete rewrite and thus the current code is nothing but a test platform.
-There is currently no publicly avalible WM code for DR17 but the initial CVS commit
will be coming in the next month or two. Many lessons were learned from
-the WM code that currently exists in CVS, namely that even in CVS we stretched the
limits of what Ebits could do which prompted raster several months ago
-to scrap it and start work on Edje which should be thought of as Ebits2 in concept
but is drastically diffrent than Ebits implementation. Edje uses EET instead of EDB
used by Ebits,
-and truely does what Ebits hoped to: abstract completely an applications interface
from its codebase. Edje theming doesn't just put a new image in place of
-the default but actually can completely change the feel of the interface not just the
look. On top of this Edje supports animation! This means that DR17
-will not be just another static looking window manager, it will have smooth
animations and effects whether its simple fades, bounces, or window borders that
-consist of swirling colors. Also, at the time the <i>State of E</i> address was
released there was uncertainty about Etox; would it be rolled into EVAS or just
silently die? I'm happy to report <a href="team.html">RbdPngn</a> has been working
hard on the lib and it now has solitified it's place in the <b>Enlightenment
Foundation Libraries</b> perminantly. Among Etox's more interesting abilities is
automatic wrapping of text, properly handling newlines in text strings when displayed,
and koolest of all, reacting to obsticals! Also, on the EVAS front, EVAS now has a GL
backend!
+After months of restraint heres the big update as to where E is and is going.
+Enlightenment DR17, the window manager currently in e17 CVS, is dead. As was
mentioned
+in the <i>State of E</i> address awhile back the current WM code needs a complete
+rewrite, and thus the current code is nothing but a test platform. There is currently
no
+publicly avalible WM code for DR17, but the initial CVS commit will be coming in the
+next month or two.</p>
+<p>
+Many lessons were learned from the WM code that currently exists in CVS, namely that
+even in CVS we stretched the limits of what Ebits could do. This prompted Raster
several
+months ago to scrap it and start work on Edje. Edje is essentially Ebits2 in concept,
but
+is drastically different from the original Ebits implementation. Edje uses EET
instead
+of EDB which Ebits uses, and truely does what Ebits hoped to do: abstract completely
an
+applications interface from its codebase. Edje theming doesn't just put a new image
in
+place of the default. It actually can completely change the feel of the user
interface,
+rather than just its appearance. On top of this Edje supports animation! This means
+that DR17 will not be just another static looking window manager, it will have smooth
+animations and effects -- from simple fades and bounces to window borders that
consist
+of swirling colors.</p>
+<p>
+Also, at the time the <i>State of E</i> address was released, there was uncertainty
about
+Etox: would it be merged into Evas or just silently die? I'm happy to report
+<a href="team.html">RbdPngn</a> has been working hard on the library, and now it has
+solidified its place among the <b>Enlightenment Foundation Libraries</b> permanantly.
+Among Etox's more interesting abilities is automatic wrapping of text, properly
handling
+of newlines in text strings when displayed, and koolest of all, reacting to
obstacles!</p>
+
+<p>
+In other news, on the EVAS front, EVAS now has a GL backend! This is in addition to
the
+existing Software/X11 backend, DirectFB, Plain FB and Qtopia backends.
</p>
<p>
-Note that due to the retirement of Ebits all apps based on it are being retired as
well, those being Etcher, Ebony and Ebg. Equivelents for Edje will probably
-emerge in the future but there is no current firm commitment right now. There are
plans for an Etcher equivilent for Edje but we don't know what the final
-form of it will be and when it might pop up.
+Note that due to the retirement of Ebits all apps based on it are being retired as
well,
+notably Etcher, Ebony and the Ebg library. Equivelents for Edje will probably emerge
in
+the future but there is no current firm commitment right now. There are plans for an
+Etcher equivalent for Edje but we don't know what the final form of it will be and
when it
+might pop up.
</p>
<p>
-At this point in time Imlib2, EVAS, Edb, EET, Ecore, and Edje are effectively
complete. Updates and new features are still being added to Ecore and Edje, but no
major changes particularly to the API are intended. This is good news for the many of
you who have wanted to jump in and play with the EFL but were scared off by warnings
of impending rewrites. Most of the libs are Doxygen'ed at least partially.
Documentation is now under way to ensure there are plenty of resources for an eventual
release. Tutorial writers and coders building examples are encouraged.
+At this point in time Imlib2, EVAS, Edb, EET, Ecore, and Edje are effectively
complete.
+Updates and new features are still being added to Ecore and Edje, but no major
changes
+particularly to the API are intended. This is good news for the many of you who have
+wanted to jump in and play with the EFL but were scared off by warnings of impending
+rewrites. Most of the libs are documented using Doxygen at least partially.
+Documentation is now under way to ensure there are plenty of resources for an
eventual
+release. Tutorial writers and code-building example authors are encouraged.
</p>
<p>
-We're happy to report significant progress toward an eventual release. Any one who
has ever coded will find the EFL a real treat so please take a look. Expect changes
to this website over the next week reflecting the new addition of Edje and updates to
various componant pages detailing the features mentioned above.
+We're happy to report significant progress toward an eventual release. Anyone who
has
+ever written a GUI application will find the EFL a real treat so please take a look.
+Expect changes to this website over the next week reflecting the new addition of Edje
and
+updates to various component pages detailing the features mentioned above.
</p>
@:news_end@
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