Update README and my .plan with stuff from past 12 months...

This commit is contained in:
Vedran Ljubovic
2007-09-06 13:06:34 +00:00
parent 06b7079100
commit dffebaf72a
2 changed files with 107 additions and 76 deletions

View File

@ -10,19 +10,29 @@ before or during 2.0alpha release.
Build requirements
------------------
EDE 2.0 is using fltk2 toolkit which is not officially released yet. Lately
fltk2 has been pretty stable, so you should be able to use any reasonably
fresh SVN snapshot from www.fltk.org. Nevertheless, we will (soon) keep our own "fork"
called fltk-copy which is basically the last SVN snapshot that EDE is known
to work with. If there are any patches required for proper EDE functioning,
you should find them in fltk-copy tree. Further instructions will be in
fltk-copy/README.ede
EDE 2.0 is using fltk1 toolkit from www.fltk.org. At the time of this writing,
last released version was 1.1.7 and 1.1.8 was coming really soon. We
recommend using the latest daily snapshot - they are extremely stable and
that's what we use internally - although 1.1.7 should work too.
Nevertheless, we will (soon) keep our own "fork" called fltk-copy which is
basically the last SVN snapshot of fltk that EDE is known to work with. If
there are any patches required for proper EDE functioning, you should find
them in fltk-copy/patches/ tree. Further instructions will be in
fltk-copy/README.EDE
Since fltk lacks many things needed for developing a full *nix desktop
environment, we have developed a small add-on library called edelib. This
library is also required for compiling EDE2. It should be released together
with EDE. We *strongly* recommend that you use matching versions of ede and
edelib (e.g. released at the same time) or that you do SVN checkout at the
same time.
Make sure you have efltk installed, because some packages still requires it.
Also you will need Jam utility. Jam is make replacement and removes a lot of it's
limitations. Current source can be built either via jam or make, but note that make
builds will be soon removed.
Also you will need Jam utility. Jam is a make replacement and removes a lot
of its limitations. Current EDE source can be built either via jam or make,
but note that make builds will be soon removed.
Jam can be downloaded from our repository.
@ -31,41 +41,48 @@ Compiling
---------
At the moment, certain modules in EDE do not compile! In order to build and install
EDE do the following:
EDE do the following steps:
1. run ./prepare
1. ./prepare
2. (old method, soon will be removed)
./configure [OPTIONS] (we suggest using --enable-debug)
cd edelib2; make; cd ..
2. ./configure [OPTIONS] (we suggest using --enable-debug)
Then go into directories of individual modules and compile them. Type
3. (old method, soon will be removed)
Go into directories of individual modules and compile them. Type
cd $MODULE; make; make install; cd ..
Since developers don't use make anymore, this method could get broken
occasionally.
3. (new method, default)
./configure [OPTIONS] (we suggest using --enable-debug)
jam
Installation is not finished yet.
"jam install" is not finished yet. You can use various programs from
their work directories, or copy them into e.g. /usr/bin
Stuff that doesn't compile
--------------------------
Stuff that isn't updated (requires efltk)
-----------------------------------------
- edewm
- eiconman
- eworkpanel
We are in the process of rewriting these modules from scratch. Please use edewm,
eiconman and eworkpanel from EDE 1.x (it should work without major problems).
We are in the process of rewriting these modules from scratch. Please use edewm
and eworkpanel from EDE 1.x (it should work without major problems).
- efinder
It will be ported to fltk2 as soon as we finish efiler (see below) cause we
It will be ported to fltk1 as soon as we finish efiler (see below) cause we
would like to use same widgets for displaying file list.
- emenueditor
It will either be completely rewritten or removed, because EDE 2 will use XDG menus
(FreeDesktop.org).
- e*conf
Many of the control center applets will be dropped or replaced with something
else. epanelconf obviously depends on eworkpanel which is not yet finished.
New modules in EDE 2.0
----------------------
@ -75,11 +92,14 @@ Command line utility for displaying dialogs (useful for scripting). It is very
UNFINISHED.
- efiler
Small file manager. Currently you can only view files but not copy/rename/delete
etc.
Simple and lightweight file manager. Currently it's fully functional, but we
plan some more features.
- eimage
Small image viewer. It should be fully usable but still some bugs present.
Small image viewer. Likewise, functional but a few features will be added.
- ecalc
Scientific calculator.
Contributors wanted
@ -88,14 +108,14 @@ Contributors wanted
We would very appreciate help from contributors willing to take any of following
tasks:
- Complete edialog and become its maintainer
- Port efinder to fltk2/edelib2 and become its maintainer
- Port efinder to fltk/edelib and become its maintainer
- Write new enotepad using editor from fltk/test (I believe this is easier than
porting old enotepad to fltk2/edelib2) and become its maintainer
porting old enotepad from efltk to fltk) and become its maintainer
- Propose new designs for econtrol and eworkpanel (that are realistic to implement
with fltk, ofcourse :)
- Find any old ede application, port to fltk2/edelib2 and become its maintainer
- Find useful fltk2 apps on www.fltk.org and see if they can be ede-ified
- Find any old ede application, port to fltk/edelib and become its maintainer
- Find useful fltk apps on www.fltk.org and see if they can be ede-ified
Also, EDE code is sparkled with comments starting with TODO and FIXME - please see
what of that you can do. EDE coding standards and EDE HIG documents are being prepared.
Also, EDE code is sparkled with comments starting with TODO and FIXME -
please see what of that you can do (just type e.g. "grep TODO . -R"). EDE
coding standards and EDE HIG documents are being prepared.