On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:14:07 -0400 Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> said:
> I am trying to write an alternitive version of the Enlightenment's 'start > menu', where instead of a cascade menu it is a three column thingy (I am not > sure what this sort of menu is called), something like this (from Mint): > > ftp://ftp.deepsoft.com/ftp/pub/deepwoods/Other/RibbonMenu.png well that link doesn't work... no data. :) > But I am having a hard time figuring out how to do this. The documentation > for edje leaves a lot to be desired and the API for enlightenment itself is > pretty much not documented at all. I am a skilled C programmer, but without > useful documentation it is very hard to program... edje has a full reference. people have pointed to it already. there are intro docs all around. but like most things - the rest is "look at examples and build from there". i personally find documentation obtuse and wasteful compared to examples. you may perfer wandering through docs. i spent my early unix learning years reading every manual page i could find - but frankly, reading someone elses shell scripts and then just referring to a manual for reference was by far easier and more productive.. now what i think your core problem here is, that you can't figure out how to do what you want.. because you literally can't do it in edje. you want to fundamentally change the behaviour and layout of a menu. not just re-shuffle some things, but change its core and that means you need to head off into the land of code. e_menu.c is where the entire menu code is. you wish to have similar functionality but different arrangement and that is a whole new kettle of fish. edje is merely a building-block to produce the gui elements you then lay out in code. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development platform that developers love is also attractive to malware creators. Download this white paper to learn more about secure code signing practices that can help keep Android apps secure. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=65839951&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
