[e-users] Could 'Places' module just be made part of main DE?

[email protected] Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:08:55 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.window-managers.enlightenment.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I recently discovered the optional 'Places' module for Enlightenment and 
I really like it. It seems most projects deploying Enlightenment as 
installable Live Media are depending on outside File Managers (Thunar 
seems to be the first pick) and Places makes this much easier to 
consolidate most functions and mounting of removable Media without 
confusing the User with multiple FM's. I have done a bit of cosmetic 
changes to Places because with Dark themes the eject Icon was not very 
visible and I thought the Home and Module Icons should match but that's 
just an opinion..

https://bandshed.net/images/screenshots/shot-2025-01-21_11-43-21.jpg

A mild annoyance is the need to version-match the module with every 
Enlightenment update but I would guess there is some wisdom in this that 
I'm not aware of but in any case I think Places should just be part of 
the main DE release (I believe Bodhi already does this) instead of kept 
secret in a dark attic. It serves a valuable use and definitely opens up 
E to more intuitive usage with other FM's. I know we have EFM2 in the 
works but in the meantime Places would be a useful module to come in a 
standard install.

Anyone else have thoughts on this?

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