https://edeproject.org/wiki/ 2026-04-08T16:00:50+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/ https://edeproject.org/wiki/lib/tpl/vector/images/favicon.ico text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/1.x_installationhowto?rev=1443884060&do=diff Installation how-to If you are using Ubuntu Linux, have a look at UbuntuInstallation. There are two ways to install Equinox Desktop Environment: * download binary packages for your distribution * download source tarballs and compile it. For the first option, please consult the documentation of your distribution. The rest of this document describes the second option. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/1.x_ubuntuinstallation?rev=1443884060&do=diff Requirements You can use the “sudo apt-get install” command in a terminal if you can't find them in the add/remove package manager. Requirement (package name/names) * XOrg Development packages (xorg-dev, xserver-xorg-dev, libglu1-xorg-dev, libXext-dev) text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/aboutede?rev=1443884060&do=diff About the EDE project EDE (Equinox Desktop Environment) is a simple and fast desktop environment for *nix-like systems. It uses the FLTK GUI toolkit and offers a familiar look and feel. EDE is designed according to the UNIX philosophy, which means it offers seperate executables for each component to text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/basicedeapplication?rev=1443884060&do=diff Basic EDE Application This tutorial will show how to integrate simple EDE application with EDE tree and build system. Application will be built when the whole tree was built and installed with other EDE applications at default location or location user specified during configure phase. text/html 2015-10-18T19:34:34+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/binarypackages?rev=1445196874&do=diff Regular binary packages (version 2.1) EDE is available in binary form on some distributions. This means that packages exist which can simply be installed using the native package management on these systems. No need for you to compile EDE yourself if you don't want to. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/changelog-2.1?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE 2.1 changes This is a detailed list of changes for EDE and edelib release 2.1. EDE General * Added guards for DBus support in edelib. If DBus is disabled in edelib, DBus related code in EDE will not be compiled as well now. This way EDE can support platforms where DBus is not available, e.g. Minix. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/compilingwithclang?rev=1443884060&do=diff Compiling With Clang Introduction This short tutorial describes the details of compiling edelib and EDE with the Clang compiler. It is assumed you already have installed a Clang version with the needed libraries. :!: Note: This tutorial also assumes you have read text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/configuration?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE can be configured in many aspects. You don't like the default behaviour of something? Don't panic! There's a good chance that you can change it. (And if you really can't, feel free to post a feature request on the bug tracker!) Graphical configuration The more obvious way to adjust text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/dbusapi?rev=1443884060&do=diff DBus API in EDE Introduction This document will describe DBus usage in EDE applications, specifically what programs are listening and what data is send via DBus protocol. Naming convention EDE uses org.equinoxproject as main namespace for interfaces and object paths, e.g. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/development?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE development These pages are meant as a starting point for developing various parts of EDE, including usage of the edelib library. This is also a good place for future contributors. Introduction EDE's main development language is C++ and the GUI text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/documentation?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE 2.1.0 manual This is version 0.2 of the manual. :!: Note: Please help keeping the wiki version in sync with EDE's bundled html help by making changes only to both versions. Introduction Readme First Introduction Programs ede-calc ede-help ede-tip evoke ede-notify-daemon Development Contributing (in your spare time text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/download?rev=1443884060&do=diff Latest releases (Source code) EDE 2.1downloadmd5: 232300328557a75ad2aef5fdc064002eedelib 2.1 downloadmd5: 2e6ee2e1ceaea327967ed55868a1cb9f :!: Make sure you read InstallationHowTo about required packages! Netinstall You can also download, compile and install latest EDE version from source code via a friendly text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/ede-bug-report?rev=1443884060&do=diff Reporting bugs using the bug reporting tool You've found a bug in EDE and want to report it? The classic procedure is to sign up at the bug tracker and do it there. If you prefer a quicker way, you can use EDE's built-in bug reporting tool. Fire it up by simply issuing text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edelibbasics?rev=1443884060&do=diff edelib basics This tutorial describe the basics of coding and compiling programs that use FLTK and edelib. It is continuation of FLTK Basics document, introducing basic edelib usage with FLTK. Writing Your First edelib Program edelib headers are stored in edelib text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeliblogging?rev=1443884060&do=diff edelib logging This tutorial will show you how to log common values and how to write custom loging backend. Introduction edelib use logging facility similar to Qt and glib implementations, but simplified a little bit. However, this doesn't make it less flexible. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edelibscript?rev=1443884060&do=diff EdelibScript edelib-script is tiny scripting language that comes with edelib. It is a Scheme dialect with some Clojure influence and is used to describe theme syntax, allowing full language support for designing themes. Introduction When you execute edelib-script text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeonalpinelinux?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on Alpine Linux Alpine Linux is a security orientated Linux distribution that is extremely light-weight. Instead of the common glibc it uses µclibc (up to version 2.7.x) and the even smaller musl libc (beginning with version 3.0.0). It also uses a grsec patched kernel by default. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeonarchbsd?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on ArchBSD Being a FreeBSD distribution using the package management known from Arch Linux, the installation is quite similar to the later. Using pre-built packages :!: Note: All packages in the EDE repository are currently unsigned! :!: Note 2: FLTK text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeonarchlinux?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on Arch Linux When installing EDE on an Arch Linux machine you can choose between using a custom repository provided by EDE or building the packages yourself. Using the former method, Arch's package manager (pacman) can take care of updating EDE if a new version is released on the text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeondebianlinux?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on Debian Linux Being one of the most popular distributions, EDE should be available in packaged form for Debian. However since no EDE developer actively uses a Debian system on a regular basis it is not possible for us to test packages properly. The fact that Debian packaging is a lot more complex than that of many other distributions doesn't exactly make things easier. Packages for Debian are considered text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeonfreebsd?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on FreeBSD EDE was ported to FreeBSD and packages are available for x86 and x86_64 computers. You can either install EDE from packages, build it from ports or compile and install it manually. Using pre-build packages Packages are available on the official text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeonopenbsd?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on OpenBSD EDE was ported to OpenBSD and packages are available for various architectures. You can either install EDE from these packages, build it from the ports or compile and install it manually. Using pre-build packages Being part of the OpenBSD text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/edeonslackware?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE on Slackware On Slackware you have three options of installing EDE on your system: * You can use pre-built packages managed by us, * build them yourself from the SlackBuilds available on <http://slackbuilds.org/> * or build it manually following the generic building procedure text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/faq?rev=1443884060&do=diff Frequently Asked Questions Q: Being a very light-weight DE, how much RAM does EDE need? A: This actually varies greatly from system to system. But it is very much possible to run EDE on top of an average Linux distribution with less than 96 MB of RAM! Starting up text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/handlingevents?rev=1443884060&do=diff Handling Events Handling events in FLTK is done via callbacks. Unlike other alternatives, probably more suitable for C++ object oriented approach, like signals and slots, implemented in Qt, FLTK callback mechanism is fairly simple, but no less powerfull. FLTK callbacks are one of the reasons why FLTK is so fast and has small core so edelib explores this property extensively. For example, when you receive a D-BUS message via text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installationhowto?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE Installation These pages show how to install EDE and EDE's prerequisites on various operating systems. Installing latest EDE release (from binary packages or source) EDE can be installed from pre-built packages. Currently there are packages available for only one distribution (and compatible derivatives). text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installingfromsource?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE Installation Howto Prerequisites Make sure you have listed requirements or EDE might not compile (properly). If a required version was mentioned, please use that (or a newer) release. Required programs and libraries This is the list of must-have programs and libraries or text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installingonarchlinux?rev=1443884060&do=diff The former content of this page was moved here. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installingonfreebsd?rev=1443884060&do=diff Installing EDE on FreeBSD Introduction This tutorial shows how to install latest EDE version on FreeBSD (8.x releases) and how to setup it for daily usage. FreeBSD 8.x was selected as it is bridge between 9.x and legacy 7.x versions, so installing on those versions should be quite similar. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installingonminix?rev=1443884060&do=diff Installing EDE on Minix Introduction Minix is a UNIX-like operating system and was an inspiration for the Linux kernel. It is intended to be run on computers with limited resources (like embedded devices) or for applications which require high reliability. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installingonmk802?rev=1443884060&do=diff Installing EDE on an MK802 device Introduction The MK802 is a small and cheap ARM powered mini PC with HDMI output, designed for playing media, browsing the internet or to be put to general use. By default MK802 comes with the Android OS, but this tutorial will show you how to run text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/installingonslackware?rev=1443884060&do=diff The former content of this page was moved here. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/netinstall?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE Netinstall Introduction The netinstall script is one way of downloading, compiling and installing EDE and edelib as well as their prerequisites (JAM and FLTK); some readers will find it very similar to the Gentoo ebuild system or Jhbuild. It was created to automate the downloading and compiling procedure with a single command, making it a suitable procedure especially for novice users. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/panelappletdevelopment?rev=1443884060&do=diff Panel Applet Development This tutorial will show you how to write new panel (ede-panel) applet and integrate it with the rest of code and installation procedure. Tutorial also assumes how you downloaded and extracted EDE source code, as panel applets can't be built without it. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/roadmap?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE roadmap The next big release will be EDE version 2.2. The following features are planned for it: * Fixing some more bugs * Further improving portability * Adding support for internationalization * Releasing a first version of eFiler (a text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/start?rev=1443884060&do=diff Getting started * For general information about EDE, see AboutEde. * To get EDE, simply use pre-built Packages if they are available for your distribution. * Or download the source if you prefer to compile and install it yourself. Be sure to take a look at the InstallationHowTo page. text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/storingapplicationsettings?rev=1443884060&do=diff Storing Application Settings This tutorial will show how to store and read application specific settings. Introduction EDE main facility for reading and storing application settings is Resouce class from edelib. Files are stored in plain text files, by using familiar format (INI style, much like format of text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/translation?rev=1443884060&do=diff Translation EDE uses the Transifex platform for creating and managing translations. For now, translations are not directly synchronized with EDE's repository, but that will be changed in the future. Getting Started To translate EDE and edelib, you need to create account on text/html 2015-10-03T14:54:20+00:00 https://edeproject.org/wiki/userguide?rev=1443884060&do=diff EDE User Guide This manual introduces EDE Desktop and will help you to learn and perform daily tasks. Introduction EDE stands for Equinox Desktop Environment and is easy-to-use graphical interface for UNIX-like operating systems, with goals to be fast and light on system resource usage.