I installed e17 from the http://www.pdaxron.org/contrib/daal/ feed and had no problems at all. I just followed the instructions in the threads here and set it as the default wm for a new user, so I could test it out while still using icewm.
It's definately fast and very usable but I find configuring e a bit of a pain and the suspend routine seems broken.
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The one from daal is quite old as last time I checked (and now the feed is down?). I have installed a later build from uman ([a href=\"http://uman.gefechtsdienst.de/files/feed/]http://uman.gefechtsdienst.de/files/feed/[/url]) which I think is from CVS of 2007/04/21. I found no big problem with this build and suspend/resume worked OK. (I use the power button to suspend/resume)
1. I cannot add icons on the desktop - could not find how to do it.
2. In xterm I cannot type "0" - really weird, as I'm trying to load everything as in rox desktop.
3. How I can add applications to "All applications" ?
1. Can you really put icons in e17 desktop? I've looked around but haven't seen a single screenshot of e17 with icons on it! As a workaround I use rox pinboard on top of e17. (I know it consumes a bit of memory, but I constantly use swap file...)
2. There is no such problem in uman's build...
3. I think e17 has already incorporated .desktop files for the application menu, so no .eap files are needed as in daal's build. The application menu configuration file should be created as ~/.config/menus/applications.menu. E17 can pick up desktop files from the normal desktop file path, i.e., /usr/share/applications, and local files from ~/local/share/applications. You may create submenus by putting directory files at ~/local/share/desktop-directories. Icons are automatically loaded from /usr/share/pixmaps but it seems to read png files only. The format of menu, directory and desktop files can be found at freedesktop.org. (
http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications_2fmenu_2dspec)
You may also create a menu file as ~/.e/e/applications/menu/favorite.menu, which will then be shown by e17 as the favorite menu. Or, alternatively, you can create the favorite menu by using e17's own Configuration panel->Menus->Favorite Menu. But you must configure the application menu first before anything will appear here.
As a side notes, you may also configure iBar by creating a file ~/.e/e/applications/bar/default/.order, which is simple listing of desktop files (one desktop file in one line)
Sounds like a lot of works but once you've set up the menu structure correctly, it's a simple task to add new apps to it!
