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Author: Nate Drake <nate.dr...@gmx.com>
Date: Mon Oct 30 08:13:04 2017 -0700
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@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ in its own right. This of course takes time and there have
been some bumps along
Of course Enlightenment is built on top of EFL, using the libraries we
wrote for the UI as well as those for the compositor itself. This means that
any improvements to EFL are included in the compositor.
-Enlightenment also is the Window Manager and Compositor for Tizen due
-in part to its efficiency and feature-set.
+Enlightenment is also the Window Manager and Compositor used by Tizen, due
+in part to its efficiency and features.
-See our [[about-enlightenment|page about Enlightenment]] for more
+See our [[about-enlightenment|About Page]] for more
details.
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@@ -54,30 +54,30 @@ details.
Our libraries are commonly known as EFL (Enlightenment Foundation
Libraries), which include EFL proper as well as Elementary which is a
-high-level API layer with widgets and portability foremost in mind.
+high-level API layer designed for portability and includes widgets.
{{:os-logos.png?nolink |Platform Support}}
We primarily work on Linux, which means that most Linux distributions
and OSs like Tizen should be well supported out of the box. There are
-efforts to also work on Windows and Max OS X. There are varying degrees
-of completeness here. For windows please see our
+also efforts to work on Windows and macOS at varying stages of completion.
+
+For windows please see our
[[https://phab.enlightenment.org/w/windows|Windows]] development wiki
-page, or see
+page, or
[[http://win-builds.org|Win-Builds]] which ships EFL for
-Windows and even uses it for the package updater GUI. For MAC OS X
-information, please refer to the [[docs/distros/osx-start]] page.
+Windows and even uses it for the package updater GUI. For information on
macOS, please refer to the [[docs/distros/osx-start]] page.
Enlightenment libraries already power millions of systems, from mobile
phones to set top boxes, desktops, laptops, game systems and more. It
-is only now being recognized for its forward-thinking approaches, as
-products and designers want to do more than the boring functional user
-experiences of the past. This is where EFL excels.
+is only now being recognized for its forward-thinking approach, as
+products and designers want to offer more than the boring functional user
+experience of the past. This is where EFL excels.
[[http://www.free.fr|Free.fr]] has shipped millions of set top boxes in
France, powered by EFL. The
[[http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner|Openmoko Freerunner]]
-sold thousands of devices with EFL and Enlightenment on them.
+sold thousands of devices using EFL and Enlightenment.
[[http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/|Yellow Dog Linux]] for the Sony PS3
ships with Enlightenment as the default. EFL has been used on printers,
netbooks and more. It powers the
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ Also Web conference cameras such as
[[https://www.biscotti.com/|Biscotti]] use EFL to do their work.
EFL covers a wide range of domains from IPC to Graphics through to
-Audio and even location. Some of the covered domains are:
+Audio and even location services. Some areas covered include:
- * Widgets and UI controls in general
+ * Generic Widgets and UI controls
* Core mainloop and event processing
* Rendering via scene graph
* Thumbnailing
@@ -129,24 +129,13 @@ See our [[about-efl|page about EFL]] for more details.
=== Applications ===
-We also write applications that use EFL. You can take these as
-examples of what EFL is able to do and of how to drive it to be useful
-for you, but not just that. To be actually useful applications day in
-and out.
+We also write applications that use EFL. Aside from being very useful programs
in their own right, these are great examples of what EFL can do for you.
{{:icon-terminology.png?nolink |}}
== Terminology ==
-The first application a hacker really needs all day, every day, is a
-terminal emulator. Terminology is not just a simple stripped-down
-terminal to get the job barely done. It's bristling with features you
-find in the more advanced terminals and then with many found nowhere
-else. Tabs, splits, 256 color support, Wallpapers - even animated
-ones, Inline display of media (click on a file path to a video and
-watch it play inline), link detection, compressed scrollback in RAM,
-translucency and a gorgeous look and feel that lets you think of
-terminal screens of old.
+The first application every hacker really needs is a terminal emulator.
Terminology is not just a simple stripped-down terminal to get the job barely
done. It's bristling with advanced features: Tabs, splits, 256 color support,
Wallpapers (even animated ones), Inline display of media (click on a file path
to a video and watch it play inline), link detection, compressed scrollback in
RAM, translucency and a gorgeous look and feel that reminds you of old CRT
monitors.
See [[about-terminology|the Terminology page]] for more details.
@@ -156,12 +145,9 @@ See [[about-terminology|the Terminology page]] for more
details.
Need a clean and simple video player much like MPlayer? Then look no
further. Not only does it focus on video by not filling your window
-with controls and menu bars and what not (simply displaying them
-overlayed on mouseover), but it also does thumbnails of the timeline
-of a video as well as a live playlist which will show all videos in it
-actually running and playing. It has full keyboard and mouse controls
-as well as supporting Drag and Drop to add more files to your
-playlist. Oh and it also has an audio-only mode to grab album cover
+with controls and menu bars, which can be displayed with a simple mouse over
but it also displays thumbnails of a video's timeline.
+
+Rage also has a live playlist which will show all currently playing videos. It
has full keyboard and mouse controls as well as supporting Drag and Drop to add
more files to your playlist. Use the audio-only mode to grab album cover
images and cache them.
See [[about-rage|the Rage page]] for more details.
@@ -170,7 +156,7 @@ See [[about-rage|the Rage page]] for more details.
== Ephoto ==
-Ephoto is an image viewer and editor written using the EFL. It focuses on
simplicity and ease of use, while taking advantage of the speed and small
footprint the EFL provide. Ephoto can browse your images via thumbnail, single
view with editing features, or moving slideshow. There are many neat filters
for you to style your photos with too! They range from gaussian blurs to
intricate sketches. This application has it all with the versatility to be the
perfect option: From simply view [...]
+Ephoto is an image viewer and editor written using EFL. It focuses on
simplicity and ease of use, while taking advantage of EFL's speed any tiny
footprint. Browse your images via thumbnail, single view with editing
features, or display a moving slideshow. There are many neat filters for you
to stry, from Gaussian blurs to intricate sketches. This application is
extremely versatile in that it can act as both a simple viewer and an advanced
image editor.
See [[about-ephoto|the Ephoto page]] for more details.
@@ -178,7 +164,7 @@ See [[about-ephoto|the Ephoto page]] for more details.
== EDI (The Enlightenment IDE) ==
-EDI is a development environment designed for and built using the EFL. Our aim
is to create a new, native development environment for Linux that makes getting
up and running easier than ever before. With so much happening on Linux both on
the desktop and on mobile we want to help more developers get involved in the
exciting future of open source development.
+EDI is a development environment designed for and built using EFL. Our aim is
to create a new, native development environment for Linux that makes getting up
and running easier than ever before. With so much happening on Linux both on
the desktop and on mobile we want to help more developers get involved in the
exciting future of open source development.
See [[about-edi|the EDI page]] for more details.
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