On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 23:32:43 -0700 (PDT)
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> > I was wondering if any Gentoo users have emerged Entrance & E17. I
> > see that both of these & all the dependencies for them are masked.
> > But I am guessing they work pretty well even if not totally stable.
> > I also
> > expect that E17 is not fully functional yet since it's still being
> > written. Mostly I would just like to see how it's going and play
> > with it.
> >
> > So, is it same to emerge both of these without destroying anything?
> > And would I be correct that E17 / E16 are slotted so they can
> > coexist?
> >
> > One other question, does E17 use the same *.menu files as E16? Can
> > I take .enlightenment/file.menu and other such files and simply copy
> > them to the E17 directory?
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your answers.
> > Adrian
> >
>
> Well, first of all, there isn't currently an e17 window
> manager/desktop shell that you can download and install. You can,
> however, install the e17 libs and apps suuch as entrance, and they
> work very well. The easiest thing to do is emerge entrance and any
> other apps you want such as evidence, erss, and entice; doing so will,
> of course, install all of the e17 libs automatically.
>
> When there is a usable e17 wm, it will be a completely different
> package with a different ebuild, so it isn't necessary for them to be
> slotted. Also, they will have completely different config files in
> different directories so there will be no problems having both
> installed at the same time.
>
> As far as compatability between the menu files, that probably won't be
> possible. One of the new e17 libs (edb) is specifically for
> configuration, and I'm assuming that's how menu files will be
> configured.
>
> Christopher
Thanks for the info. I have spent so much time creating my E menus -- I
would hate having to redo all that work. Of course it only has to be
done once, but then I'm really lazy. That's why I like Linux. I don't
have to restart my computer every time I do something.
Oh well, I will live.
Adrian
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