Re: CVS Enlightenment Problems

[raster redhat com]

On  8 Mar, James M. Cape scribbled:
->  raster@redhat.com wrote:
->  > 
->  > On  4 Mar, James M. Cape scribbled:
->  > ->  The following is just a small list of things that are busted or bug me:
->  > ->
->  > ->  1. When enabling sliding desktop switching, the switching always takes
->  > ->  place the same way: i.e. when switching from #1 to #2, it slides #2 up,
->  > ->  but when switching from #2 to #1, it doesn't slide #2 down out of the
->  > ->  way, which seems backwards to me.
->  > 
->  > they always slide in.. its just the way it is.. :)
->  > 
->  > ->  2. No sliding effects occur at all when switching to Desktop 0.
->  > 
->  > if you can work out how to move the root window I'll have to kiss
->  > you... but desktop 0is the root window.. and well.. I havent' managed
->  > to figure out how to move it yet... :) (no - dont mention xvidtune...
->  > not an option)
->  
->  I don't suppose making desktops like Window Maker, so *every* desktop is
->  the root window, and then simply running the slide effect above the root
->  window, is feasible?

no - it's not due to the way X's window heirachies work.

->  > ->  3. The Root Menu needs to be a user-editable file in ~/.enlightenment,
->  > ->  and having that file editable by e-conf would be great.
->  > 
->  > it is a user-editable file.
->  > cp /usr/share/enlightenment/configs/menus.cfg ~/.enlightenment
->  > and edit it.
->  > 
->  > no gui to edit yet.
->  
->  Well, when such a GUI does arrive, it should copy such that file over
->  automagically when the user changes something, since E doesn't copy it
->  over by default.

that's not how E's config system works. E does all of it. It'd be
appended to the autosave fiel andoverride defaults and/or  get merged
with system defaults.

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