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EFL Preview Release: Asparagus
HandyAndE writes "For everybody out there who has been waiting for Enlightenment 0.17 or been thinking what alternatives are there to Gnome/GTK and KDE/QT this is an important day for you. The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) today have an (albeit pre) release named Asparagus. From the E site: 'We are pleased to announce the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries Preview Release, codenamed "Asparagus"! After years of work, we've come to a place where it is time to start opening these powerful tools to the wider world to use.'
" Read more for more information.
Libraries included in todays release are:
- ecore-1.0.0_pre7 (loops, timers, X, evas and config abstraction)
- edb-1.0.5 (database library)
- edje-0.5.0 (powerful theming library)
- eet-0.9.9 (theme compression format)
- embryo-0.9.0 (embeded scriptiong for themes)
- emotion-0.0.1 (DVD / video wrapper for libxine)
- epeg-0.9.0 (super-fast JPEG thumbnailing etc)
- evas-1.0.0_pre13 (canvas library)
- imlib2-1.1.1 (image manipulation)
- imlib2_loaders-1.1.1 (image loaders)
Get your browsers pointed to sourceforge for a copy and see what EFL can do for you!
I could only find this one. hth!
This is about a preview release of the core libraries going into e17, not the e17 desktop environment (it's moving up from just being a window manager).
The release is not of Enlightenment the Window Manager. It is a release of EFL, the libraries that they wrote to underpin Enlightenment. Here are some screenshots of E components that will depend upon the EFL: Evidence, Entrance. and Emotion.
Some other details:
Edje provides a revolutionary method of absstacting every aspect of your interface from the application itself. By passing signals between the interface and the application all communication is done in an interface neutral way. No longer are "themes" simple changes of pixmaps over a fixed area. Using Embryo we can provide scripting ability to the interface componant itself to harness even more power and flexability. [sic]
So, no, this is not just a brushed metal window manager theme (of course, E 0.16 was always more than that, too). I've been watching E, and making the same jokes on April 1st, but I must say that I'm looking forward to trying what they're coming up with once they've got a semi-stable release; and since the EFL seems to be close to a freeze, I think we can hope to see E 0.17 soon.
once you've had your way with the libraries, check out the enlightenment apps that use, them. all absolutely beautiful: - evidence -- file browser - entice -- image viewer - iconbar -- a button-toolbar - engage -- osx-like (in the default theme) toolbar - equate -- calculator app - erss -- a desktop rss viewer (gentoo users, most of these apps are ~x86 ebuilds) there are a lot of others, too. All with a remarkably logical and beautiful interface. Evidence has fully replaced all other file browsers on my computer, and is damn close to everything i want (although rendering directories with large numbers of files seems to take a while). Also, i noticed that the new real helix player seems utilize some parts of the EFL -- probably the best move real programmers have ever made, in my opinion. Anywho, enlightenment really makes everyday computing a joyful experience; thanks e team!!!
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Text output does not vary depending on the window manager.