Gentoo Archives: gentoo-doc-cvs

From: "Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@g.o>
To: gentoo-doc-cvs@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: xfce-config.xml
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:56:21
Message-Id: E1MESyB-000700-0a@stork.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 09/06/10 18:56:19
2
3 Modified: xfce-config.xml
4 Log:
5 update xfce guide for 4.6, other app changes too
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.19 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?rev=1.19&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?rev=1.19&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
13
14 Index: xfce-config.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.18
18 retrieving revision 1.19
19 diff -u -r1.18 -r1.19
20 --- xfce-config.xml 24 Apr 2009 16:42:16 -0000 1.18
21 +++ xfce-config.xml 10 Jun 2009 18:56:18 -0000 1.19
22 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
23 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
24 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
25 -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.18 2009/04/24 16:42:16 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.19 2009/06/10 18:56:18 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide link="/doc/en/xfce-config.xml">
29 <title>The Xfce Configuration Guide</title>
30 @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
31 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
32 <license/>
33
34 -<version>1.14</version>
35 -<date>2009-04-24</date>
36 +<version>1.15</version>
37 +<date>2009-06-10</date>
38
39 <chapter>
40 <title>Introduction</title>
41 @@ -58,13 +58,13 @@
42 <body>
43
44 <p>
45 -First, make sure you've setup Xorg as shown in the <uri
46 +First, make sure you've configured Xorg as shown in the <uri
47 link="/doc/en/xorg-config.xml">X Server Configuration Howto</uri>.
48 </p>
49
50 <p>
51 Next, double-check your USE flags in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>; you'll
52 -probably at least want <c>USE="-gnome -kde -qt3 -qt4 X dbus hal startup-notification xscreensaver"</c>.
53 +probably at least want <c>USE="-gnome -kde -qt3 -qt4 X alsa cups dbus hal startup-notification xscreensaver"</c>.
54 </p>
55
56 <p>
57 @@ -210,10 +210,6 @@
58
59 <ul>
60 <li>
61 - <c>xfce4-mount</c> gives you a handy method of mounting devices listed in
62 - <path>/etc/fstab</path> just by clicking your mouse
63 - </li>
64 - <li>
65 <c>xfce4-battery</c> is perfect for laptop users. It displays battery
66 percentage, time remaining, power source (AC or battery), fan status,
67 warnings, and can even be configured to execute commands at certain power
68 @@ -225,8 +221,8 @@
69 quicker than opening up another terminal when you want to run a command.
70 </li>
71 <li>
72 - <c>xfce4-mixer</c> is a volume control. It works with both ALSA and OSS
73 - sound applications.
74 + <c>xfce4-mount</c> gives you a handy method of mounting devices listed in
75 + <path>/etc/fstab</path> just by clicking your mouse
76 </li>
77 </ul>
78
79 @@ -244,11 +240,11 @@
80 <body>
81
82 <p>
83 -Xfce bundles a few useful applications, including <c>thunar</c>,
84 -<c>terminal</c>, <c>orage</c>, and <c>mousepad</c>. Note that the last three
85 -will not be installed if you built <c>xfce4</c> with the <c>minimal</c> USE
86 -flag. However, these are all very small, yet terrific applications, so they're
87 -well worth installing.
88 +Xfce bundles a few useful applications, including <c>xfce4-appfinder</c>, the
89 +Xfce icon theme, xfwm4 window manager themes, <c>terminal</c>, <c>orage</c>, and
90 +<c>mousepad</c>. Note that the last three will not be installed if you built
91 +<c>xfce4</c> with the <c>minimal</c> USE flag. However, these are all very
92 +small, yet terrific applications, so they're well worth installing.
93 </p>
94
95 <p>
96 @@ -270,10 +266,10 @@
97 <ul>
98 <li>
99 <c>thunar-archive</c> lets you create and extract archive files using the
100 - right-click menu. It works even better when paired with the new graphical
101 - archiving <uri
102 - link="http://www.foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/thunar-archive-plugin/">tool</uri>
103 - developed for Xfce, <c>xarchiver</c>.
104 + right-click menu. It works even better when paired with the <uri
105 + link="http://www.foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/thunar-archive-plugin/">graphical
106 + archiving application</uri> developed for Xfce, <c>xarchiver</c>. Run
107 + <c>emerge xarchiver</c> to install it.
108 </li>
109 <li>
110 <c>thunar-media-tags</c> lets you intelligently rename multiple media files
111 @@ -301,7 +297,7 @@
112 <p>
113 Though <c>mousepad</c> is nice enough as a quick text editor, if you need a
114 full-featured word processor but don't want the bloat of OpenOffice, try
115 -emerging <c>abiword</c>. <uri link="http://www.abisource.com">AbiWord</uri> is
116 +emerging <c>abiword</c>. <uri link="http://www.abisource.com">AbiWord</uri> is
117 lighter, faster, and is completely interoperable with industry-standard document
118 types. It can also be further extended with <c>abiword-plugins</c>.
119 </p>
120 @@ -320,8 +316,8 @@
121
122 <p>
123 If you need movie and music players, look no further than <c>mplayer</c> and
124 -<c>audacious</c>. They can play most every media format available quite nicely,
125 -and have a wealth of additional plugins available for additional functionality.
126 +<uri link="/proj/en/desktop/sound/decibel.xml">decibel-audio-player</uri>. They
127 +can play most every media format available quite nicely.
128 </p>
129
130 <p>
131 @@ -384,6 +380,11 @@
132 # <i>emerge -avt slim</i>
133 </pre>
134
135 +<note>
136 +The <c>branding</c> USE flag will pull in the <c>slim-themes</c> package, which
137 +will give you an assortment of login themes, including a Gentoo Linux theme.
138 +</note>
139 +
140 <p>
141 Then edit the DISPLAYMANAGER variable in <path>/etc/conf.d/xdm</path>:
142 </p>
143 @@ -429,7 +430,8 @@
144 <c>slim-themes</c> package available in Portage. Also, be sure to check the SLiM
145 <uri link="http://slim.berlios.de/themes01.php">themes page</uri> for more
146 themes. Creating your own SLiM theme is fairly easy; just read the <uri
147 -link="http://slim.berlios.de/themes_howto.php">Themes HowTo</uri>.
148 +link="http://slim.berlios.de/themes_howto.php">Themes HowTo</uri>. Gentoo also
149 +ships a <c>slim-themes</c> package that you can <c>emerge</c>.
150 </p>
151
152 <p>