[WiLLiE]

Hi!

How do I install E17-extras? I don't have the following modules: Weather, Forecast, EFM Navigation, EFM Path, EFM Pathbar etc.

Oh, and in themes, the Online button is not working.

[Jeff Schallenberg]

Welcome to Bodhi, Willie!

I'm not sure of many of the "extras" you are looking for, but one I know is "forecasts". It can be installed with Synaptic from the repositories, then loaded from Settings/Modules, and finally added to your desktop from Settings/Gadgets.

As for "EFM", that is the Enlightenment File Manager, which will show your favourite folders (Home and Root by default) on your desktop. I don't know about "EFM Navigation, EFM Path, EFM Pathbar".

And I confirm that the "Online" button doesn't work for downloading themes.

[Jeff]

Willie,

Just like the other Jeff, besides Forecasts I have no idea what other modules you are talking about. If you would provide links to their source code I can get them compiled up and into the Bodhi repo in a couple days.

Which online button for downloading themes doesn't work? The one in Enlightenment itself? If so yes - it simply is not coded I believe. If this is the case I'll talk to DH about it.

~Jeff

[Jeff Schallenberg]

Update on WiLLiE's request:

Using my telepathic powers, I divined that he is talking about:

http://svn.enlighten...-MODULES-EXTRA/

"e_modules is a loose collection of third party E17 modules written by
various authors. They are not officially a part of E17, but they are
allowed to use the E cvs repository. The modules are all separate
modules, written by separate authors.

e_modules is not supposed to be treated as a single entity. While there
is some basic infrastructure for building them all at once, it is merely
for convenience. If one module is broken, then trying to build them all
at once will fail. At any given time, one or more might be broken and
wont compile. Any complaints that "e_modules is broken" will be
directed to read this file and compile the modules one at a time.
Packagers are strongly advised to not package e_modules as a single
package. Modules that are broken for more than a few days will be
documented in README.BROKEN. Modules that are broken for the long term
may be removed.


alarm - Sets reminders and timer. (Replaces eveil.)
// looks like unmaintained. kiwi?

calendar - A module to show the current day.
// works OK

cpu - A module to monitor cpu load. (Will be replaced by something better.)
// unmaintained and will be replaced by stats module if i'll write some

deskshow - A module to iconify/uniconify all current windows to show the
desktop. This is probably obsolete, the functionality is now in E.
// works well, no bugs, small. Should be merged

diskio - visualize disk i/o.
// as far as i know, works and maintained by morlenxus. should be replaced by stats.

drawer - nice module providing a few plugins.. used for various things.. see README
// maintained by urandom, but unstable.

efm_* - some efm plugins extending functionality
// maintained by various people, works nicely. IMO candidates for merge into E.

emu - Experimental generic scriptable module for E17.
// unmaintained.

eweather - new libeweather-based weather forecasts module with multiple data sources.
// maintained, works nicely.

exalt-client - A frontend module for exalt network manager.
// connman provides the same functionality. so maybe deprecated..

execwatch - run actions periodically
// works

flame - A module to display flames on the desktop.
// useless, tiny, eyecandy module. Nobody touched it for so long but still works. Maybe merge with snow and rain?

forecasts - A module to display the current condition and forecasts.
// replaced by eweather, but works.

iiirk - like taskbar but only for selected apps
// unmaintained, useless.

language - A module to control active keyboard/keyboard layout/layout variant.
// newly commited and maintaned by me (quaker66) does not depend on exml anymore, works well.

mail - A module to periodically check for new email.
// dunno how it is with state. propably works but nobody maintains it(gadget adds without problems)

mem - A module to monitor memory and swap usage.
// same as for cpu module

moon - A module to display moon phase information.
// should be merged with eweather.. and it is unmaintained.

mpdule - A module to display what's playing in MPD.
// as far as i know, maintained and working. Using it without probs.

net - A module to monitor traffic on a network device.
// works. devilhorns, its state?? anyway, should be replaced by stats module.

news - A module to display rss feeds.
// recently fixed and maintained by kiwi. Needs lots of love, though

notification - a notification daemon for E
// works, needs a bit of love

penguins - A module to display fancy penguins on your desktop.
// created by DaveMDS, works but not touched for long

photo - A module to display pictures on the desktop.
// does nice segvs, don't use it

places - manage volumes attached to the system.
// works. maintained. clean and nice.

quickaccess - this module aims to provide quick access to some applications given
its name/class pair, based on yakuake
// in developenment, far from ready

rain - A module to display rain on the desktop.
// works, useless, eyecandy. Should be merged with flame and snow

screenshot - A module to take screenshots, utilizing scrot or import.
// works - maintained by devilhorns.

skel - skeleton for creating new modules
// works. maybe it would be good to modify it a bit?

slideshow - A module to cycle desktop backgrounds.
// as far as i know works, but dunno about maintainer. devilhorns??

snow - A module to display snow on the desktop.
// works. useless. eyecandy. should be merged with rain and flame.

taskbar - A taskbar module. (Will be replaced by something better.)
// works, needs a bit of love though

tclock - A module to display a digital clock on the desktop. (Will be replaced by something better.)
// should be merged with clock, also afaik the code is not so good but works.

tiling - ion-like tiling for e17
// functionality replaced by illume2, no maintainer afaik

uptime - A module to monitor computer uptime.
// works. but maintainer??

weather - A module to display a weather forecast.
// replaced by forecasts and eweather. works

winselector - A module to show menu-based access to open windows.
// works well. but dunno if the maintainer is dead or something.

wlan - A module to monitor a wlan device.
// same as for net."

I would love to learn how to package some of these. I have some reading to do...

[Jeff]

A number of these are already in the Bodhi repo. If there are any others you would like that are not packaged yet - please let me know.

~Jeff

[Jeff Schallenberg]

Could you please add these to the Bodhi repository, Jeff? For WiLLiE and me.

efm_nav
efm_path
efm_pathbar

Thanks!

[WiLLiE]

Thanks for all the answers!

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Welcome to Bodhi, Willie!

I'm not sure of many of the "extras" you are looking for, but one I know is "forecasts". It can be installed with Synaptic from the repositories, then loaded from Settings/Modules, and finally added to your desktop from Settings/Gadgets.

Ah, thanks. I looked for a package named e17-modules or e17-extra etc so I was somewhat confused.

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Just like the other Jeff, besides Forecasts I have no idea what other modules you are talking about.

These are the modules I am talking about at 8:45 in: Youtube
I found them here: Modules

I tried to compile one of them myself, but it complained about E17-dev files and I didn't want to break anything =)

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A number of these are already in the Bodhi repo...

What are their names, absolute names?

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Could you please add these to the Bodhi repository, Jeff? For WiLLiE and me.

efm_nav
efm_path
efm_pathbar

Yes, please do!

Quite pleased with Bodhi so far.. great work!

[Jeff]

Look through the lists of things under the various "packages added" here.

Will be a few days before I can get those others compiled (maybe not till the weekend actually) - Sorry.

~Jeff

[curtdodds]

Jeff,
A very useful suggestion:
Add "e17" and "module" to the description field for all modules.
There is currently no way, in Synaptic, to search for e17 modules.

e.g.
Package: emprint Description <insert up to 60 chars description>
Package: emprint Description emprint.
Package: screenshot Description screenshot

Of course a couple of words to hint at what they are for would be helpful too.
Thanks,
Curt

[Jeff Schallenberg]

Jeff, on 31 January 2011 - 09:37 PM, said:

Will be a few days before I can get those others compiled (maybe not till the weekend actually) - Sorry.

Thanks, Jeff H.

If it's not too much trouble, could you add this to the list:
drawer - nice module providing a few plugins.. used for various things..

[Jeff]

Jeff Schallenberg, on 01 February 2011 - 12:04 PM, said:

If it's not too much trouble, could you add this to the list:
drawer

I'll try that one again - but I've actually given it a go before a couple of times and it has always failed to compile for me. Maybe I'll ask DH to take a look at it.

~Jeff

[Rob]

curtdodds, on 01 February 2011 - 06:31 AM, said:

Jeff,
A very useful suggestion:
Add "e17" and "module" to the description field for all modules.
There is currently no way, in Synaptic, to search for e17 modules.

e.g.
Package: emprint Description <insert up to 60 chars description>
Package: emprint Description emprint.
Package: screenshot Description screenshot

Of course a couple of words to hint at what they are for would be helpful too.
Thanks,
Curt

Echoing this post as its pretty difficult to track down the e17 stuff unless you know the file name right now, so many of them just have some default text in there which has nothing to do with the package itself

[Jeff]

Most all the packages have "enlightenment" in their description now. Searching "enlightenment" under "name and description" in synaptic and then sorting by version number yields the following:



~Jeff

[babel]

Jeff, on 31 January 2011 - 05:26 PM, said:

A number of these are already in the Bodhi repo. If there are any others you would like that are not packaged yet - please let me know.

~Jeff

Personally, I use a lot the photo and slideshow modules. Plz plz plz, can you add them to bodhi's repositories?

[r1to]

yes, slideshow is neat +1

al of them is a good choice. at least if they can be build safely,
i like to test those translations from time to time, to revise them
Also I'd request
Estickies - e sticky notes app and
Elitaire - An E solitaire games coll. on efl

[Jeff]

Added these four packages to my list for compiling when I get time to sit down and do so later this week.

~Jeff

[henrythemouse]

I'd really like to see slideshow as well.

Thanks

[Jeff]

Hey There -

Sorry about the delay on this one, totally slipped my mind. At any rate I just compiled up and pushed the slideshow and photo modules out to the testing repository. They will make it's way into the main repo this weekend along with our stable release. Just as a heads up though, there was a note in the photo SVN that it causes E to segfault sometimes, so no promises that it works. Didn't have time to test it personally yet.

These two modules

Estickies - e sticky notes app and
Elitaire - An E solitaire games coll. on efl

Are both no longer upkept so they will not compile on current EFL, sorry!

~Jeff

[Duma]

Is alarm module still supported/avaible?

[Jeff]

Duma, on 10 February 2012 - 11:09 AM, said:

Is alarm module still supported/avaible?

No idea if it still works. Won't be building updates again till next week - will check then.

~Jeff