After a few weeks of spare-time development, I'd like to announce Efreet, a new implementation of the XDG (freedesktop) specs for Icons, Menus and Desktop Entries.
The current implementation, Ecore_Desktop, while a commendable effort for a sole developer under time constraints, leaves a bit to be desired. So, dj2 and I started reading through the xdg specs, and playing around with our own implementation, code named Efreet. After speaking with onefang about some of the issues with ecore_desktop, he said it was due for a rewrite, so we continuted with our replacement implementation. Rbdpngn and Engelbass also pitched in. Currently we have code to build menus, find icons, and load desktop entries complete. There are a few things left to finish (most importatnly executing desktop entries), but it is almost at a point where we'd like to start integrating it in to e17. The code, for those interested, is available from subversion at: http://everburning.com/svn/efreet Before we hook e17 in to efreet, there are a few issues I'd like to bring up. E currently uses a hands off 'read only' approach to the XDG structure, copying the structure in to the format that e previously used (.order files). This made sense given ecore_desktops roots as an addon program that simply connected the two. But, since we're already going to be loading up the xdg menu format, is there any reason to not just use that directly? This would have the added benefit that as apps are added through a package manager, they would just show up in the menu as they do in every other desktop (without having to go to config > application menus > Regenerate / Update "Applications" Menu). The next question is, assuming you guys see it as a viable replacement for ecore_desktop, do we stick this somewhere in libs (as efreet or e_xdg, or whatever name) or do we cram it in to ecore? My vote is that we stop bloating ecore in the name of a 'dependency freeze' and keep proper separation of libraries. (Its all 'new code' that needs to be verified and tested regardless of where we stick it). Let us know what you guys think. rephorm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
