Re: Enlightenment and long menus
Hi Robert Waldner wrote: Hi! I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I see it pop up shortly, then it instantly vanishes. Enlightenment uses the debian menu structure which has per default many entries and I think the version you are using has had some problems with icon rescaling. Therefore the longer menus don't fit on the screen at all. Any hints on how I could make such menus actually useful? Maybe have them wrap into multiple columns or somesuch. google and the mailing list archives haven't been of much help (though I might've missed the proper search terms). Any pointers appreciated. I only have a few very poor hints, you probably already thought of: - Make a user menu for the applications you want to use. - The more recent versions of enlightenment seem to handle rescaling better - Enlightenment has its own mailinglist. You can find it under www.enlightenment.org. It might be a good idea asking your question there. The new maintainer of E16 Kim Woelders is really doing a good job in making it better. Best regards, Nikolai -- 1984 is not a howto! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Enlightenment and long menus
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:27:10 +0200, Nikolai Hlubek writes: I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I see it pop up shortly, then it instantly vanishes. Enlightenment uses the debian menu structure which has per default many entries and I think the version you are using has had some problems with icon rescaling. Therefore the longer menus don't fit on the screen at all. Icon rescaling? In my (limited, mind) understanding, icons don't come into the picture here ;) I only have a few very poor hints, you probably already thought of: - Make a user menu for the applications you want to use. Check. Have that for a couple years now. It's just that, sometimes, I'd like to browse through the Debian menu structure. More comfortable than `dpkg -l | egrep ^ii`... - The more recent versions of enlightenment seem to handle rescaling better And here I was, hoping that with the long-awaited release of Sarge I could stay with Debian stale, for at least a couple months ;) - Enlightenment has its own mailinglist. You can find it under www.enlightenment.org. It might be a good idea asking your question there. The new maintainer of E16 Kim Woelders is really doing a good job in making it better. I'll try there next, thanks. cheers, rw -- -- 24 Stunden Services erkennt man in Australien daran, dass man -- immer auf eine Handy-Nummer weitergeleitet wird, nach einigem -- Laeuten jemand antwortet und der dir dann erklaert, dass er dir -- eh nicht helfen kann, weil er gerade fischen ist. - \rho pgpglJILBenwv.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Enlightenment and long menus
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 10:43:22PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: Hi! I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I see it pop up shortly, then it instantly vanishes. Any hints on how I could make such menus actually useful? Maybe have them wrap into multiple columns or somesuch. google and the mailing list archives haven't been of much help (though I might've missed the proper search terms). Any pointers appreciated. Could be a real estate issue? Is the screen resolution set correctly in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 i.e SubSection Display Depth 8 Modes 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection Adjust to your resolution and depth(s) of course. Reading your post again, makes me think I'm barking up the wrong tree. But you did say Any pointers appreciated. -- Chris. == Reproduction if desired may be handled locally. -- rfc3 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Enlightenment and long menus
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:03:30 +1200, Chris Bannister writes: I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I see it pop up shortly, then it instantly vanishes. Could be a real estate issue? Is the screen resolution set correctly in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Yes, it is SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1600x1200 800x600 640x480 EndSubSection I am using 3x3 virtual (not multiple) desktops, but this problem also exists on my laptop, which only uses one virtual desktop. Reading your post again, makes me think I'm barking up the wrong tree. Probably ;) - the problem is with menus that contain, say, 250 entries, a list of which will not fit even on my 1600x1200 screen without some sort of wrapping. But you did say Any pointers appreciated. And it's appreciated, don't think otherwise. cheers, rw -- -- It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but -- I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. pgpliJVBGIy2Y.pgp Description: PGP signature
