Need¶
Description¶
These functions are used for requesting use of optional Elementary modules. Check their return value for whether the feature is actually supported.
- efl.elementary.need_efreet()¶
Request that your elementary application needs Efreet
This initializes the Efreet library when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any efreet calls.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
- efl.elementary.need_systray()¶
Request that your elementary application needs Elm_Systray
WARNING: elm is no more capable of systray functionality
- Returns
always return False
- Return type
bool
New in version 1.8.
- efl.elementary.need_sys_notify()¶
Request that your elementary application needs Elm_Sys_Notify
This initializes the Elm_Sys_Notify when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any elm_sys_notify calls.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
New in version 1.8.
- efl.elementary.need_e_dbus()¶
Request that your elementary application needs e_dbus
This initializes the e_dbus library when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any e_dbus calls.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
Deprecated since version 1.8: Use
need_eldbus()for eldbus (v2) support. Old API is deprecated.
- efl.elementary.need_eldbus()¶
Request that your elementary application needs eldbus
This initializes the edbus (aka v2) library when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any edbus calls.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
New in version 1.8.
- efl.elementary.need_elocation()¶
Request that your elementary application needs elocation
This initializes the elocation library when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any elocation usage.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
New in version 1.8.
- efl.elementary.need_ethumb()¶
Request that your elementary application needs ethumb
This initializes the Ethumb library when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any other function that deals with elm_thumb objects or ethumb_client instances.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
- efl.elementary.need_web()¶
Request that your elementary application needs web support
This initializes the Ewebkit library when called and if support exists it returns True, otherwise returns False. This must be called before any other function that deals with elm_web objects or ewk_view instances.
- Returns
True if support exists and initialization succeeded.
- Return type
bool
