aaah,
well that's to bad I have to see how i can work around it for now :( but: would a rule based or config file for the the start menu along the lines of sysactions.conf? be a clean way of going about this? enterprise shops tend to have kiosks. and those Kiosks tend to be very locked down. some examples, would be very limited icon sets. and very customized web broswers. to my knowledge most shops use Windows, autologon with GPO policys. those that use Linux hack up there own solutions. which range from Gnome and or KDE to Fvwm etc. for example, you could just have a simple file with rules like so: sample: action: hide Favorites operators action: hide applications operators action: hide files operators action: hide config operators end sample: something along those lines, would allow the flexibility to have entire menu loaded by default like it is now. but also allow. admins and developers to tweak the menu how every they like with out having to edit e_int_menus.c and then recompile enlightenment. this would also allow users to "rescue" themselfs as all they would need to do to fix something is logon to the console and remove what ever rules they added in to the config file. and on a larger note: :) something like this could also be exanded to be a larger kiosk style framework they could be used to have E on other devices :) /me been long time since c ..... to much scripting..... been tained by .NET..... -Nex6 On 11/7/07, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:31:43 -0800 Nex6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > On 11/6/07, The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:55:30 -0800 Nex6 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > > > > Hi all, I am using (0.16.999.041) > > > > > > > > I am building a kiosk device, (a pc that just runs firefox) It needs > to > > > be > > > > locked down. How do I edit the main menu? so only the logout is > there? > > > > > > restart and exit and logout are always put in by e internally as these > are > > > necessities for managing e (ie the exit/quit menu in almost every > app). > > > the > > > others - including logout are determined by sysactions.conf - it's a > text > > > file. > > > e installs it in PREFIX/etc/enlightenment. it is intended for > > > integrators/admins > > > to edit and determine the policies for users to be able to shut > > > down/reboot > > > etc. comments at the top. > > > > > > > > Thanks for the reply: > > I took a look at sysaction.conf and it looks pretty simple but it looks > like > > it only controls shutdown, logout and some other high level fuctions. I > > would like to edit the "main" menu to only inlcude logout and restart. > > so the only fuctions and or apps would be firefox and logout/restart and > > thats it. I have already edited the shelf pretty well so it only has one > > thing, not I need to edit the main menu, so when users > > right click the only thing there is logout and restart. once I have all > the > > settings I want the next trip would be to lock it all in place. :) > > aaah - that can't be done - unfortunately. the main menu is coded in. :) i > havent decided what to do here yet, so right now the menu is coded in to > make > sure regardless of how broken a config you have - you always have a main > menu > to "rescue" yourself. it requires source patches. e_int_menus.c. it hasn't > been > modularised :/ the main menu should become more like the conifg panel - > modular > with the ability to register elements - in fact modules should register > most of > the functionality, so remove modules to remove menu contents. the big > problem > here is the config ,menu - that contains the modules config dialog - > removing > the module that brings that up can leave you with a wm that you can't use > - as > you can no longer configure modules and load it back :( that is the real > danger > here for NORMAL users of e. > > > ps: I demo'd a E17 box to my boss (fedora 7 + E17) for our "public Kiosk > > program" (instead of windows) and he was impressed with the speed > Firefox > > started and how good everything looked. now I just have > > to create a supportable device and proccess. :) > > :) > > > > > > > -Nex6 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Nex6 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > > > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > enlightenment-users mailing list > > > > enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" > -------------- > > > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list enlightenment-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
