On 02/05/2011 12:19 AM, Andreas Volz wrote:
> Am Fri, 4 Feb 2011 02:57:42 -0500 schrieb Mike Blumenkrantz:
>
>> On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:38:04 +0100
>> Andreas Volz<li...@brachttal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> for a special use case I need E17 to write all its data not in ~/.e
>>> but in another directory relative to my home.
>>>
>>> Reason is that my user has two very different use cases for E17 on
>>> my machine:
>>>
>>> 1. Daily usage as development system
>>>
>>> 2. Running the embedded system I'm working on (with E17 as window
>>> manager)
>>>
>>> But 2 has a very different configuration (e.g. experimental modules)
>>> than 1.
>>>
>>> I tried the profile suport, but wasn't happy. It seems to be not
>>> 100% stable as I got some E crashes, How ever, I don't like to
>>> blame someone for it. I simply would run a second data instance of
>>> E17 (e.g. in a Xephyr session).
>>>
>>> If I've to modify E17 source code or some library code please tell
>>> me where ~/.e is defined. Then I'll simply patch and install a
>>> local E17 version in another directory on my machine for use case 2.
>>>
>>> regards
>>> Andreas
>>>
>> cd e/src/bin
>> grep '\.e/' *.c
>> e_main.c: e_path_default_path_append(path_images, "~/.e/e/images");
>> e_main.c: e_path_default_path_append(path_fonts, "~/.e/e/fonts");
>> e_main.c: e_path_default_path_append(path_themes, "~/.e/e/themes");
>> e_main.c: e_path_default_path_append(path_icons, "~/.e/e/icons");
>> e_main.c: e_path_default_path_append(path_modules,
>> "~/.e/e/modules"); e_main.c:
>> e_path_default_path_append(path_backgrounds, "~/.e/e/backgrounds");
>> e_main.c: e_path_default_path_append(path_messages,
>> "~/.e/e/locale"); e_user.c: _e_user_dir_len =
>> e_user_homedir_concat(dir, sizeof(dir), ".e/e"); e_user.c: *
>> Concatenate '~/.e/e' and @a path. e_user.c: * same as
>> snprintf("~/.e/e/"fmt, ...).
>>
>> ;)
>
> Hi,
>
> I just wrote a little patch to implement this use case for me:
>
> http://codepad.org/LxM1Grii
>
> I just have to:
>
> export E_HOME=.ex
> unset E_CONF_PROFILE # if you run E17 as host!!!
> Xepyr_E17
>
> ----Xephy_E17----
> #!/bin/sh
>
> Xephyr -ac -screen 1024x768 :1&
>
> sleep 3s&& /opt/e17/bin/enlightenment_start -display :1
> ----Xephy_E17----
>
> This runs a complete separated instance of E17. I'm not sure if all E
> user application check to use the directory, but for me it's ok. I'm
> just interested in separate E profile settings for this use case.
>
> As I seen no danger I'll commit this code if nobody cries over the
> weekend. :-)
>
> regards
> Andreas
>
Principle is fine, but use e_user_dir_concat_static() when adding a
static postfix to user dir.
And formatting is wrong for e_config.c
S.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources
and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's
connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these
rules translate into the virtual world?
http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb
_______________________________________________
enlightenment-devel mailing list
enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
