Re: [E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:20:05 -0800 (GMT) Xun Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > On the other hand, if a package like gtk or freetype > > fulfills the > > need, you > > get several benefits: > > > > 1) You save programmer time not re-creating the library. > > 2) You get to share the shared li

Re: [E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:30:46 -0500 Hall Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > * Carsten Haitzler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030313 18:57]: > > > > things are coming together. these are building blocks that will make > > building e > > So, when will e17 be released ?? :) when its ready. :) -- ---

Re: [E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
* Carsten Haitzler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030313 18:57]: > > things are coming together. these are building blocks that will make > building e So, when will e17 be released ?? :) --- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open!

[E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread Xun Cheng
> On the other hand, if a package like gtk or freetype > fulfills the > need, you > get several benefits: > > 1) You save programmer time not re-creating the library. > 2) You get to share the shared library instead of dragging > along > your own > subtly different library. If the external dep

Re: [E-devel] Future of Text Libraries

2003-03-13 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:38:46 -0800 (PST) "Ben Rockwood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > > > > However, I'm not sure myself either, and I'd really like to know what > > exactly is going to happen with all the other libs too.. Lately, it > > seems to be more or less impossible to contribute code to

Re: [E-devel] E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 19:52:21 +0100 GnuMdk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled: > I was an E16 fan but since E17 is in developpement, I'm waiting for it. > Today, i use waimea. But i so suprised to see that E17 always use > gtk+-1.2 instead of gtk+-2.2. Why don'y you make a port, E17 is > always(a lot o

Re: [E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread The Rasterman
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:48:46 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] babbled: > On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:41:51 PST, Xun Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I actually hope E17 could get rid of dependencies > > on gtk, freetype etc. > > On the other hand, if a package like gtk or freetype fulfills the need, you >

Re: [E-devel] E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 07:52 PM 3/13/2003 +0100, GnuMdk wrote: I was an E16 fan but since E17 is in developpement, I'm waiting for it. Today, i use waimea. But i so suprised to see that E17 always use gtk+-1.2 instead of gtk+-2.2. Why don'y you make a port, E17 is always(a lot on my computer) unstable and I think i

Re: [E-devel] E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread Ben Rockwood
E doesn't use GTK. GTK was used for the interfaces of Ebony and Etcher, but because EWL wasn't ready to be used at the time and the interfaces were quick to put together. In the end I doubt any apps would use GTK in the end, as we'd prefer to use EWL. benr. > I was an E16 fan but since E17 is

Re: [E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:41:51 PST, Xun Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I actually hope E17 could get rid of dependencies > on gtk, freetype etc. On the other hand, if a package like gtk or freetype fulfills the need, you get several benefits: 1) You save programmer time not re-creating the libr

Re: [E-devel] Future of Text Libraries

2003-03-13 Thread Ben Rockwood
> However, I'm not sure myself either, and I'd really like to know what > exactly is going to happen with all the other libs too.. Lately, it > seems to be more or less impossible to contribute code to the core > components because nobody really knows what we're heading for anymore.. I'm not sur

[E-devel] Re: E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread Xun Cheng
I actually hope E17 could get rid of dependencies on gtk, freetype etc. xun > I was an E16 fan but since E17 is in developpement, I'm waiting > for it. > Today, i use waimea. But i so suprised to see that E17 always use > gtk+-1.2 instead of gtk+-2.2. Why don'y you make a port, E17 is > always(

Re: [E-devel] Eterm block cursor...

2003-03-13 Thread Michael Jennings
On Thursday, 13 March 2003, at 19:31:38 (+0200), Robert Gabriel wrote: > Can one change the block cursor to an underscore (_)? Nope. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) --

[E-devel] E17 future

2003-03-13 Thread GnuMdk
I was an E16 fan but since E17 is in developpement, I'm waiting for it. Today, i use waimea. But i so suprised to see that E17 always use gtk+-1.2 instead of gtk+-2.2. Why don'y you make a port, E17 is always(a lot on my computer) unstable and I think it will be a bad thing to release E17 with

Re: [E-devel] Background displays Weather

2003-03-13 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:28:41 GMT, Richard Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Could this whole discussion be made irrelevant if people could > "full-screen" (borderless) an application and push it to the bottom > layer? Then anyone could effectivly make *any* application their > background. I a

[E-devel] Eterm block cursor...

2003-03-13 Thread Robert Gabriel
Can one change the block cursor to an underscore (_)? I've changed the cursor & text cursor colours but am curious. I've looked at the man page & one can only have a cursor or no cursor. Robert --- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Ch

Re: [E-devel] Background displays Weather

2003-03-13 Thread Hall Stevenson
At 01:56 PM 3/13/2003 +0100, Stefan Held wrote: Am Don, 2003-03-13 um 11.28 schrieb Richard Martin: > Personally I would never have a flash backdrop (actually my desktops > are so cluttered I never even see my backdrops), but I can imagine > people wanting it. > So do i, but do you agree that peopl

Re: [E-devel] Background displays Weather

2003-03-13 Thread Stefan Held
Am Don, 2003-03-13 um 11.28 schrieb Richard Martin: > Strange... I thought E was about user choice and flexibility, not > making assumptions about what people will or will not want. > Youre Right. It is. > Personally I would never have a flash backdrop (actually my desktops > are so cluttered I

Re: [E-devel] Background displays Weather

2003-03-13 Thread Richard Martin
Strange... I thought E was about user choice and flexibility, not making assumptions about what people will or will not want. Personally I would never have a flash backdrop (actually my desktops are so cluttered I never even see my backdrops), but I can imagine people wanting it. Question: Co

[E-devel] Future of Text Libraries

2003-03-13 Thread Ben Rockwood
Most of you guys know I'm a novice coder at best, so bear with me here. Looking over the api's for Estyle and Etox, I'm trying to figure out where these guys fit in, long term. From my lame point of view I don't see much that Etox and Estyle can provide that EVAS can't. I suppose that Estyle cou