On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 00:38 +0200, lok wrote: > Toma wrote: > > As crazy as it might seem, id like to hear from mekius and devilhorns > > about how easy and useful embryo was to them in regards to them in > > various projects in cvs. As an e17 themer, it hasnt proven much use to > > me, but i consider myself further to the edje when it comes to embryo > > and edje talk! > > Toma > > > I don't use embryo in a commercial product, I'm not mekius nor > devilhorns. But I do use embryo quite often when making edj. And unlike > you I do feel limited currently with embryo. > > Dealing with generic parts inside an edc is a real pain. Imagine for > example a bunch of squares aligned from a small one to a bigger one. You > need to describe every one of them, which means a macro and a lot of > numbers at best, whereas a simple function could do it. Sure it could be > done in C, but doing so will restrict the theming possibility for other > themers. But this can be solved with the script-only object in any language. > > Handling edje's parts/programs when using embryo calls can't be done > dynamically. You need to know which part is to be used, and hardcode > it's name. Again, this leads to macro voodoo. > > And finally the language itself is not that pleasant. Having a few > things to ease strings manipulation, and anonymous function to shorten > some timer call wouldn't hurt. I do like the idea to change for lua or > js or whatever for this. But even so, there's quite a few themes which > needs embryo. So in case of a change, I think the transition should be > as gustavo and raster describe it. > > Samuel > That is a limitation of the exposed API, not embryo's problem specifically (unless the exposure is a problem for embryo in general). Although I've had a lot of trouble implementing some random dynamic animations in a theme, it was all due to the lack of convenient functions. The same problem might also persist with lua/javascript.
However, I did find the embryo syntax rather strange and cumbersome. And that comes from someone who has no problem writing in perl. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
