How to set up CDE for E.

It's pretty easy. So, let's go:

• Copy /usr/dt/config/%L/Xresources.d/Xresources.ow to /usr/dt/config/%L/Xresources.d/Xresources.e

• Edit it like like this:
  

  Dtlogin*altDtsIncrement:        True
  	
  Dtlogin*altDtName:      Enlightenment Desktop
  Dtlogin*altDtKey:       /usr/local/bin/enlightenment
  Dtlogin*altDtStart:     /usr/dt/config/Xsession.e
  Dtlogin*altDtLogo:      Elogo    
  	

• Next create file /usr/dt/config/Xsession.e

  #
  # Set OPENWINHOME
  #  
  if [ -z "$OPENWINHOME" ]
  then
      export OPENWINHOME="/usr/openwin"
  fi
  
  #
  # Set XFILESEARCHPATH
  #
  if [ -z "$XFILESEARCHPATH" ]
  then 
      export XFILESEARCHPATH="$OPENWINHOME/lib/locale/%L/%T/%N%S:$OPENWINHOME/lib/%T/%N%S"
  else
      export XFILESEARCHPATH="$XFILESEARCHPATH:$OPENWINHOME/lib/locale/%L/%T/%N%S:$OPENWINHOME/lib/%T/%N%S"
  fi
  #
  # Here you can add some nice stuff like this ;)
  #
  /bin/audioplay /usr/demo/SOUND/sounds/spacemusic.au
  /usr/local/bin/enlightenment
  

• Next step is to create logo, it should be the same size as all logos, which stored at /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L. I just scale down E startup logo, and save it as XPM file /usr/dt/appconfig/icons/%L/Elogo.pm

• That's all, at CDE login, choose Enlightenment Desktop, and go...

• Using this tip, you can choose themes (use -theme option to Enlightenment) or even Window managers (replace enlightenment to twm or whatever).

16bpp in OpenWindows (x86) only.

First of all, you should know, that all DeskSet graphics applications, such as imagetool, pageview, answerbook, will NOT work in 16 bpp mode.

Actually, that's very easy. Just edit line in /etc/openwin/server/etc/OWconfig.

Replace defdepth="8" (or "24") to defdepth="16", That's all folks.

Eugene Bobin
23 Dec 1997.