SliTaz Handbook (en) - Enlightenment

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Enlightenment

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Enlightenment (e17)

+Enlightenment is a complete desktop environment, fully configurable with the +mouse and offering many themes. The version supplied by the SliTaz project +is known as e17 and is still in development, this version is considered stable +enough to be incorporated into the distribution. Enlightenment was designed to +be deployed on systems with limited resources, as well as more powerful +systems. It allows for wallpapers, menus, animated and interactive gadgets +and knows how to manage virtual desktops. To install e17: +

 # tazpkg get-install enlightenment
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+Logout your current X session, type F1 at Slim login and choose +e17 to start Enlightenment. +

Menu and desktop icons

+Enlightenment is compliant to the Freedesktop standards. +Applications are sorted by category and icons automatically appear +if a desktop file is supplied. The (.desktop) system files are +contained in the /usr/share/applications directory or hidden home +~/.local/share/applications directory. These files +have a simple syntax and are editable from the panel or with +a simple text editor. The file menus displaying categories +in the Enlightenment menu are found in the slitaz-menus +package: +

 # tazpkg get-install slitaz-menus
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An icon on the desktop

+To have an icon on the desktop launching applications, you can +create by hand a .desktop file in your local directory +~/Desktop. Desktop files placed in this directory are automatically +recognized by Enlightenment. A single .desktop file can +contain eight lines with respectively:- the name (Name), generic +name, comment, the command to execute (Exec), icon, type +and Freedesktop categories. Example of a .desktop file for Xterm icon: +

[Desktop Entry]
+Name=XTerm
+GenericName=Terminal
+Comment=Run commands in a shell
+Exec=xterm -bg black -fg white -cr orange -sb -bd violet -rightbar
+Icon=/usr/share/icons/Tango/jwm/utilities-terminal.png
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;Terminal;
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+Additional themes can be found on the website +

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Enlightenment (e17)

-Enlightenment is a complete desktop environment, fully configurable with the -mouse and offering many themes. The version supplied by the SliTaz project -is known as e17 and still in development, this version is considered stable -enough to be incorporated in the distribution. Enlightenment was designed to -be deployed on systems with limited resources, as well as more powerful -systems. It allows for wallpapers, menus, animated and interactive gadgets -and knows how to manage virtual desktops. To install e17: +Enlightenment aka e17 is a lightweight and fast desktop environment that can be +configured graphically. To install e17:

Menu and desktop icons

-Enlightenment is compliant to the Freedesktop standards. -Applications are sorted by category and icons automatically appear -if a desktop file is supplied. The (.desktop) system files are -contained in the /usr/share/applications directory or hidden home -~/.local/share/applications directory. These files -have a simple syntax and are editable from the panel or with -a simple text editor. The file menus displaying categories -in the Enlightenment menu are found in the slitaz-menus -package: -

An icon on the desktop

-To have an icon on the desktop launching applications, you can -create by hand a .desktop file in your local directory -~/Desktop. Desktop files placed in this directory are automatically -recognized by Enlightenment. A single .desktop file can -contain eight lines with respectively:- the name (Name), generic -name, comment, the command to execute (Exec), icon, type -and Freedesktop categories. Example of a .desktop file for Xterm icon: -