<s>
The	O
Enlightenment	B-Library
Foundation	I-Library
Libraries	I-Library
(	O
EFL	O
)	O
are	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
graphics	B-Library
libraries	I-Library
that	O
grew	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Enlightenment	B-Application
,	O
a	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
Wayland	O
compositor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
focus	O
is	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
EFL	O
a	O
flexible	O
yet	O
powerful	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
set	O
of	O
tools	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
Enlightenment	B-Application
window	I-Application
manager	I-Application
and	O
other	O
software	O
projects	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
EFL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
libraries	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
version	O
0.17	O
of	O
the	O
window	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
EFL	O
is	O
developed	O
by	O
Enlightenment.org	O
with	O
some	O
sponsorship	O
from	O
Samsung	B-Application
,	O
ProFUSION	O
and	O
Free.fr	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EFL	O
is	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Evas	O
is	O
the	O
EFL	O
canvas	O
library	O
,	O
for	O
creating	O
areas	O
,	O
or	O
windows	O
,	O
that	O
applications	O
can	O
draw	O
on	O
in	O
an	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
skinnable	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
change	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
of	O
an	O
application	O
without	O
changing	O
the	O
application	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edje-based	O
applications	O
use	O
files	O
which	O
contain	O
the	O
specifications	O
for	O
the	O
GUI	B-Application
layout	O
that	O
is	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ecore	O
simplifies	O
working	O
with	O
X	B-Operating_System
,	O
Evas	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
a	O
few	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
network	O
communications	O
and	O
threads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
has	O
a	O
C-like	O
syntax	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
C-like	O
,	O
scriptable	O
language	O
Pawn	O
-	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
old	O
Small-C	B-Language
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EET	O
forms	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
theme	O
files	O
in	O
the	O
EFL	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
if	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
install	O
a	O
theme	O
for	O
Enlightenment	B-Application
or	O
another	O
themable	O
EFL	O
app	O
,	O
you	O
would	O
be	O
installing	O
an	O
EET-format	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
contains	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
theme	O
graphics	O
and	O
configuration	O
and	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
extracted	O
onto	O
the	O
filesystem	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
all	O
IPC	B-Operating_System
communication	O
and	O
all	O
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
Emotion	O
supports	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
formats	O
that	O
video	O
libraries	O
support	O
,	O
including	O
Ogg	B-Algorithm
Theora	I-Algorithm
,	O
DivX	B-Application
,	O
MPEG2	B-Algorithm
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elementary	O
is	O
a	O
widget	B-Library
set	I-Library
based	O
on	O
the	O
EFL	O
that	O
makes	O
heavy	O
use	O
of	O
Evas	O
and	O
Edje	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
fast	O
,	O
stable	O
,	O
and	O
scalable	O
library	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
both	O
rich	O
and	O
fast	O
applications	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
anything	O
from	O
every	O
day	O
desktop	O
computers	O
to	O
small	O
PDAs	O
and	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
.	O
</s>
