How can I fix this?

one point.
that is not “it” to getting e16 to looking like that.

the 1st time you run e16, be prepared to work w/it for a few hours, to get your pager settings, snap to windows, backgrounds (and adding the .elightenment to background folder, and a host of other things.

now, when i recompiled 2008.1 to 2009, i tried to install e17, (failed), and e16 was setup..
but
to get my specs in just right, it takes at least 30 minutes when i know what im doing.

a new user, may take a lot longer.

one thing i love about e16, is its ability to easily customize borders/ sticky states/ transparencies/ and the never missed “panel”

if you like the bottom panel, you must add it via command line… i hate panels, and think they’re a waste…i hate icons, and think those too are just fugly and in the way.

what impresses me still about enlightenment, is that 9 years later (or more for some…like Rasterman) i still enjoy using it.

its the minimalistics dream come true, and very stable…
it was bleeding edge in 1999/2000, and now a bit more dated compared to compiz/ metacity/ 3d’s… but if you run it for a week, with an older system, you will be pleasantly suprised how awesome it can be

nice pix jake…
keep e16 alive…and hope e18 is more like e16 w/3d…
i know rasterman has the dream/vision..
i hope he has the motivation/ money/ power to once again be the ultimate WM.

These days (with E17 never? being declared stable) it’s more like the forgotten version.

Too bad they make E17 the new xfce (in a sense) instead of the new E16. That made me switch to compiz-fusion, which in some (note) ways resembles E16 more. E16 is a great wm but it’s showing it’s age. E16 is a nice thing from the past fading away.

Anyway nice article but you don’t seem to mention eesh. Pretty cool things can be done with e16 and eesh.

@ DJ Wood, look for session.sh in either /usr/local/share/e16/scripts or ~/.e16/scripts to autostart apps when Enlightenment starts.

Been a longtime user of Enlightenment on FreeBSD. On my three head unit (no xinerama, each head configured w/6 desktops), I couldn’t imagine using anything else. By adding custom entries to the bindings.cfg file, I can switch heads and launch apps without touching the mouse.

But two things, what theme are you using, I really like it.

And, the one minor and yet large inconvenience that keeps me from using it, is there a text file that you know of, that I can configure autostart applications? I just want to autostart apps that don’t have a direct window to right click on like gnome-do and a taskbar.

Have a Great day!