On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:46:12 -0500 dan sinclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: aaah this looks excellent. having this is good. now if we can add this to the website (just ask for an account) as news items.. that'd be perfect. :) > The Path To Enlightenment 1 > --------------------------- > > Well, its been mentioned that something like a note dropped now and then > would be handy for the coding effort, new user integration. So, since I > don't feel like anything else, here's a first stab. > > Let me know if there is anything blatantly wrong, corrections to be made > etc. This is a first run, so be nice. > > > Mini Freeze > ----------- > The mini freeze is ongoing. Items are popping off the freeze list, so > hopefully all the blockers will be thawed and we can move onto some cool > new features. > > > Versioning > ---------- > There was a bit of a stir caused by some versioning changes raster put > in last week, .001 was appended to each of the libs and any _preX stuff > has been removed. This caused a bit of a problem with some of the > current makefiles. Most of which should be worked out. > > The reason for the change was to make automated releases easier, > simplifying everyones life and letting raster script his releases, so > we'll hopefully see the more often. > > > Engage > ------ > Engage has been enhanced to have an e17 module. This changes means that > you will _have_ to have e17 built and installed before compiling engage. > But the module is coming along, and some of the current plans sound > quite interesting. Who knows, maybe it'll convince me a launcher isn't > inherently evil. > > Imlib2 > ------ > A change was made to Imlib2's configure script that seemed to cause > problems for Gentoo users. If you were experiencing problems building > Imlib2 and getting undefined references to X calls, try updating your > Imlib2 and rebuilding, everything should be fixed. > > > e_utils > ------- > If you haven't seen it e_utils is kicking around the apps dir of CVS and > contains a couple of utility programs to help with e17. The are: > - emblem a GUI program to set e17s bg. > - e17setroot a cmdline program to generate/set e17 bgs. > - eapp_edit an EWL program to create eapp files for e17 menus. > > > Enterminus > ---------- > Enterminus is an Evas based terminal. Its very, very new, but works for > some things, resizing was recently fixed in CVS, there are still issues > with scrolling, but there being worked on. > > > Helping Out > ----------- > Raster has put out a general call for help, looking for people to work > on docs, or summaries of dev work, articles, or general FUD fighting. > The currently EFL docs are scattered throughout the code and can use a > lot of work, there are errors generating Doxygen and things like that. > If you want to help, check whats around and send some patches. > > > e17menugen > ---------- > Tying into the above, there is been a project started to generate e17s > menus from KDE/GNOME menus on the system. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/e17genmenu if you want more information > or to help out. > > EFL Snapshots > ------------- > Snapshots of the EFL are available from > http://code-monkey.de/e-snapshots if for some reason you can't access > CVS or have problems in the autogen stage take a look at these snaps, > they might help you out. I belive they are generated nightly. > > > Live CDs > -------- > There was a question about live CDs on the mailing list, with the > pointer to: http://livecd.debianitas.net/ popping up if your interested > in trying E on a live cd. > > > Freedesktop Standards > --------------------- > As arises now and then, the question of E following fdo standards. E > does use these, take a look at Epsilon, a program to generate the thumb > nails based on the fdo spec. In terms of the .desktop files, E has its > own system in place to handle menus, but we want to write programs to > import/maintain these menus. For more info on this, check out rasters > mail to the e-devel mailing list. > > > Evas Textblock > -------------- > The evas_object_textblock has been improving and should be mostly useful > in any user code. If your currently using Etox for anything I'd start > taking a closer look to the textblock as Etox will be getting phased out > as textblock becomes more widely adopted. If you want to see some usage > of textblock take a look at http://rasterman.com/files and find the > current expedite tar ball. There is some example code in there. > > > -------------------------- > This summary is done by dan sinclair, if you have any questions, > comments, suggestions or things you'd like added to the next summary, > send them to me: zero at everburning.com. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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