The Path to Enlightenment II
Well, it hasn't been long since the last summary, but I want to mention
a few projects and given that a bunch of stuff has been happening, I
figured it was time to do a second summary.
EET API Breakage
There was a minor change to the EET API. EET_FILE_MODE_RW changed to
EET_FILE_MODE_READ_WRITE, for consistency. This will break any apps
using the old name. (All the apps in CVS should be updated). If your
using EET, and not in CVS, then do a quick grep to see if you need to
get this fixed up.
EWL Filedialog segv Fixed
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If you've used the EWL filedialog and ended with a SEGV when you tried
to change more then two directory, well, update CVS as its been fixed.
Thanks to Stafford Horne for tracking down the bug and sending a fix to
this annoying issue.
e-snapshots
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Tilman pointed out to me that his snapshots are, in fact, generated
nightly as I thought was the case. If you want something more like an
official release snapshot take a look at
http://enlightenment.freedesktop.org/, Raster has cut a few releases and
placed them there.
Ruby
If you're at all interested in the Ruby language then you'll be
interested in this. Tilman has ben hard at work creating EFL bindings
for Ruby. Thats right, you can do EFL programming in Ruby. Take a look
at http://code-monkey.de/projects/ruby-efl.html and
http://code-monkey.de/projects/ruby-eet.html for more information.
Along the same lines, Tilman has created an Edje compiler that reads
Ruby. If your so inclined, instead of using the EDC syntax, you can work
directly in Ruby. For more information on how to do this take a look at,
http://code-monkey.de/code/anEdjeCompilerInRuby.html
Undefined Symbols While Compiling
This problem seems to keep popping up on the IRC channel and on the
mailing list, so I thought I'd re-post Rasters comment to the mailing
list on the issue.
let me say this here (for everyone - use google!!!) that if suddenly
e17 or some bit of e starts complaining about undefined symbols.. look
AT the symbol name. it BEGINS with the lib/system that provides it
(ecore_something comes from ecore. edje_something comes from edje.
evas_something comes from evas etc.). and UPDATE that lib/subsystem.
that system as been updated/changed to have new function calls. don't
mail us here. there is NO bug. this is user error when following cvs.
IF you have updated the lib AND the app and tried a few times (and
waited a few hours in case parts of cvs are just out of sync) THEN
tell us - but only AFTER doing the above.
Debian Repository
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If your running Debian and want to install the EFL from packages, then
Shadoi has you setup. There is a Debian repository available,
information is here:
http://shadoi.soulmachine.net/2004/11/enlightenment-for-needy.html and
to be nice to Shadoi and his bandwidth,
http://shadoi.soulmachine.net/2005/02/mirrors.html
Ecore_Evas
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If you want to use Evas in your app, the easiest way to get everything
setup correctly is to use the Ecore_Evas module. This will handle all
the grunt work of setting up the Evas, and makes everything copacetic.
If you want more information on using Ecore_Evas take a look at the EFL
Cookbook in the documentation section of the website.
Packaging
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Raster has been pushing the libs toward an automated packaging system
invoked through the Makefiles, which has raised a bit of contention, and
also raised the issue that we could use a Release Manager. If you feel
you've got the stuff, and will have the stuff for quite a while, send a
message to the list. A central person to co-ordinate the packaging
issues could be quite handy.
Evas Textblock
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There seems to be an issue with the evas_object_textblock such that the
native size it reports will be a couple of pixels too short. (If you
seem to be losing the last char in your text try adding 2 to the width
and see if the character comes back). This can be seen with
http://www.everburning.com/tmp/tb.c
In other textblock news, I've written up a quick introduction to the
textblock and its different formatting options. If you want to take a
look, it's available in the original docbook, HTML or PDF. The files are
at:
http://www.everburning.com/docs/evas_textblock/evas_textblock_intro.xml
http://www.everburning.com/docs/evas_textblock/evas_textblock_intro.html
http://www.everburning.com/docs/evas_textblock/evas_textblock_intro.pdf
EWL Popup Menus
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Using EWL and want a popup menu off of a widget? No problem, as Nathan
pointed out its as simple as using the ewl_imenu or ewl_menu and setting
up the click callbacks on the item. Just expand/collapse the menu as
needed.
Anon CVS locked?
Using anon CVS and keep getting a message saying a directory is locked?
Sadly, there is nothing we can do about it. It seems to b
