Tips & tricks

Starting programs when EDE starts

You have to edit the startede script in your system. In Mandriva it's in /usr/bin. Mandriva users may want to launch mdkapplet (the automatic update applet) and net_applet (the network connector applet in Mandriva systems) at EDE start. They only have to add

exec mdkapplet &
exec net_applet

to the end of the file.

Removing Run Browser

Run Browser is the combo box in the EDE panel (eworkpanel). It's used for what its name suggests: running commands. If you don't like how it looks you can disable it by editing ede.conf. Besides you can run commands by pressing Alt+F2. This will pop-up a message box. The only draw back is that it doesn't have history.
To disable Run Browser open your ~/.ede/ede.conf file in a text editor and in the [Panel] section change the line

RunBrowser=true

to

RunBrowser=false

Restart EDE and the combo box is gone.

Note: From EDE 1.2 users will be able to (dis/en)able various panel applets using the usual panel configuration (right-click on panel and choose Settings).

Don't show user name on menu button

Edit your ~/.ede/ede.conf file in a text editor and in the [Panel] section change the line

ShowUsernameOnMenu=true

to

ShowUsernameOnMenu=false

Now the menu button will have EDE written on it.

Quick launch icons on the panel

There is no graphical way to do it but it's still very simple. You have to create a file called qlb.conf (qlb = Quick Launch Bar) in your ~/.ede directory with the following content:

/path/to/icon.png:tooltip:command
/path/to/icon2.png:tooltip2:command2

every line is a new icon on your panel.