On 14/02/13 17:32, jose_...@juno.com wrote: > Well, this is interesting.... > > I have no idea what this person might be thinking about, but this > is a topic that is well known to Carsten and Cedric... and indeed I've > brought it up with them before. > There are plenty of examples/inspiration of this notion in the Windows > world.. you just have to look around a bit. If you don't have much exposure > to this kind of thing, you can ask Cedric and he may be able to send you > some links I've sent him in the past. > > The notion of an e17 profile is very powerful, but I personally think > it's > also too large and comprehensive to be something that is easily created > and shared, like for example e17 themes, inits, and backgrounds are. > > A notion of "shell" theme consisting primarily of a set of desktop > gadgets > (or rather just their themes) and the config for placing them on the desktop, > plus possibly custom wallpaper, and maybe some other aspects (eg. modules), > could be bundled as an eet (indeed even as an edje with data parts). > It would provide an easier to create, and distribute, method for > obtaining custom > 'gui shells', and rival the kind of desktop customization/skinning that has > been > around in the Windows world for a very long time. It would even be possible > to have > such shell-themes specific to particular well-known profiles (desktop, > mobile, etc), > and so they could be considered as extensions or modifications of such > profiles. > > Jose.
Unlike themes, profiles are *very* easy to create. You just set up your config in a running e session and copy it over, give or take. -- Tom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
