I missed this thread earlier, so let me reply separately.. Dave wrote:
> I want to make an e17 module that expose simple edje objects as gadgets. > The idea is that people can download edje file from the net(calculator, > clocks and whatever next), put it in the right directory and then my module > can expose this objects as they was gadgets (they must appear in the available > gadgets list of the shelf or the gadman). So that the user can use the object > where they want. > > This can be a really easy way to create and distribute simple gadgets as you > don't have to compile the edje object for different arch (thinking about > exchange > can also host gadgets, without platform problem!). > In the future my module can also make some advanced stuff, for example execute > a bash, python (or what you like) script that is contained in the edje file, > making the simple gadgets more functional... but this is another story... > > ... > ... This is a nice idea - greater flexibility of gdagets/widgets/whatnots. Whether or not the e17 gadcon-client module api should be modified or not is debatable I suppose.. But note that many kinds of widgets/gadgets need not ne placed in such a gadcon. They could just as easily be 'free' desktop things, or part of some other kind of container element. I've actually suggested at some point that it would be nice to divorce the basic aspects of such 'gadgets' from any e17 specific requirements so that they could be realized in various other ways.. eg. as part of other kinds of containers, as free objs on an underlying evas, as separate apps, whatever. One could create compound gadgets from given ones, with an overall theming that extends that of the parts, etc. Basically, provide such 'gadgets' as loadable modules which have a func to 'add' the gadget as an object of a given evas (and some other funcs), ie. much like various evas/edje based approaches to gui widgetry. In any case, there's a lot here one can do to provide far more flexible, easily created, custom 'gadgetry'. :) ____________________________________________________________ Security Camera for your small business. Click Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mYHqeqh6wR9VdLkfK01hVGFK36yx7ID8oN98g9ZNK9wphQ8/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
