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Epplets
News
12 Jan 2000: My homepage moves
You will by now have noticed that I have moved by homepage to
uklinux.net.
This means that I am now supporting a great project, and I also now have
the ability to incorporate PHP scripts
into these pages. This leaves open the possibility of a more interactive
Epplets page in the future.
What are Epplets?
Epplets are programs designed to work with the
Enlightenment Window Manager
Versions 0.16 and above. Generally they are quite small and provide a
quick way for a user to perform simple tasks, or view information.
To use Epplets you also need to install
epplet-base-xx.xx.tar.gz (where xx.xx is the version - 0.4 is
current at the time of writing). Many of the Epplets described here
are also included in epplet-base.
Enlightenment's most notable feature is that it is "themeable", this
means that its look and feel may be changed easily. Epplets will
automatically change to suit the current Enlightenment theme.
Another advantage of Epplets is that they are extremely easy to write
as a simple API has been provided with epplet-base, all you need is a
knowledge of C programming.
I have collected numerous Epplets and split them into several sections
from where you can view a screenshot, read a quick review of the
Epplet, and download it (unless it is included in epplet-base which
you can download above).
Please note that an Epplet may not be added if it is very similar to
another Epplet already on this page and doesn't offer any new
features (take note of this if you are thinking of writing yet
another Cpu monitor!). I also can't review Epplets which
don't compile or work reasonably easily.
Also, if you know of an Epplet not on this page, that you think I should
review please read the submission guidelines and
then email it, or a URL for it, to me.
This page is hosted by uklinux.net,
they are a Linux-friendly free-ISP who support the Free Software
community, I highly recommend them.
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