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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: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 07:28:45
Message-Id: 20110123072832.06B8020054@flycatcher.gentoo.org
1 nightmorph 11/01/23 07:28:31
2
3 Modified: xfce-config.xml
4 Log:
5 update xfce guide for 4.8 stuff, still waiting on a full list of package drops/suggested replacements, but this should be good in the mean time
6
7 Revision Changes Path
8 1.34 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml
9
10 file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?rev=1.34&view=markup
11 plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?rev=1.34&content-type=text/plain
12 diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?r1=1.33&r2=1.34
13
14 Index: xfce-config.xml
15 ===================================================================
16 RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v
17 retrieving revision 1.33
18 retrieving revision 1.34
19 diff -u -r1.33 -r1.34
20 --- xfce-config.xml 31 Aug 2010 18:06:31 -0000 1.33
21 +++ xfce-config.xml 23 Jan 2011 07:28:31 -0000 1.34
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 1.33 2010/08/31 18:06:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
26 +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.34 2011/01/23 07:28:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
27
28 <guide>
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>1.28</version>
35 -<date>2010-08-31</date>
36 +<version>2</version>
37 +<date>2011-01-22</date>
38
39 <chapter>
40 <title>Introduction</title>
41 @@ -66,34 +66,11 @@
42 <p>
43 Next, double-check your USE flags in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>; you'll
44 probably at least want <c>USE="-gnome -kde -minimal -qt4 branding dbus
45 -hal jpeg lock session startup-notification thunar X"</c>.
46 +jpeg lock session startup-notification thunar udev X"</c>.
47 </p>
48
49 <p>
50 -There's also another variable you can set in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> called
51 -XFCE_PLUGINS. This variable controls additional Xfce plugins for the panel. You
52 -can enable all of the plugins by adding <c>XFCE_PLUGINS="brightness menu
53 -trash</c> to <path>/etc/make.conf</path>. Here's a brief summary of the
54 -plugins:
55 -</p>
56 -
57 -<dl>
58 - <dt>brightness</dt>
59 - <dd>
60 - Lets you add a screen brightness applet to your panel, once you have
61 - installed <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>
62 - </dd>
63 - <dt>menu</dt>
64 - <dd>Lets you add a program menu to your panel</dd>
65 - <dt>trash</dt>
66 - <dd>
67 - Lets you add a Trash can to the panel. The Trash allows you to quickly
68 - delete files or recover them.
69 - </dd>
70 -</dl>
71 -
72 -<p>
73 -Now that you've set your <c>USE</c> and <c>XFCE_PLUGINS</c> variables in
74 +Now that you've set your <c>USE</c> variables in
75 <path>/etc/make.conf</path>, it's time to install Xfce.
76 </p>
77
78 @@ -103,8 +80,8 @@
79
80 <p>
81 Next, add your regular user(s) to the <c>plugdev</c>, <c>cdrom</c>, <c>cdrw</c>,
82 -and <c>usb</c> groups, so that they can take full advantage of <c>hal</c> and be
83 -able to mount and use devices such as cameras, optical drives, and USB sticks.
84 +and <c>usb</c> groups, so that they can mount and use devices such as cameras,
85 +optical drives, and USB sticks.
86 </p>
87
88 <pre caption="Adding users to the hardware groups">
89 @@ -121,15 +98,6 @@
90 </pre>
91
92 <p>
93 -Now start up <c>hald</c> and add it to the default runlevel:
94 -</p>
95 -
96 -<pre caption="Starting hald">
97 -# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i>
98 -# <i>rc-update add hald default</i>
99 -</pre>
100 -
101 -<p>
102 You'll also need a graphical terminal so that you can continue working with your
103 new desktop environment. <c>x11-terms/terminal</c> is a good choice, as it's
104 made specifically for Xfce. Install Terminal as shown:
105 @@ -290,20 +258,19 @@
106
107 <p>
108 We should now <c>emerge</c> some useful applications and utilities:
109 -<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfprint</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>,
110 -<c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>, <c>mousepad</c>, <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>,
111 -<c>x11-terms/terminal</c>, and <c>thunar</c>.
112 +<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>, <c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>,
113 +<c>leafpad</c>, <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>, <c>x11-terms/terminal</c>, and
114 +<c>thunar</c>.
115 </p>
116
117 <p>
118 <c>xfce4-mixer</c> is a volume control for your sound card. It can also be run
119 -as a panel applet, giving you fast access to playback volume. <c>xfprint</c>
120 -provides easy printer management and job control; it's a must if you intend to
121 -do any printing from your desktop. <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a list of
122 -all running programs, and the CPU and memory consumption each one takes up. By
123 -right-clicking an item, you can kill a misbehaving application, pause and
124 -restart it, or even alter its runtime priority, which lets you fine-tune how
125 -much of a demand it puts on your system's resources.
126 +as a panel applet, giving you fast access to playback volume.
127 +<c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a list of all running programs, and the CPU
128 +and memory consumption each one takes up. By right-clicking an item, you can
129 +kill a misbehaving application, pause and restart it, or even alter its runtime
130 +priority, which lets you fine-tune how much of a demand it puts on your system's
131 +resources.
132 </p>
133
134 <p>
135 @@ -313,7 +280,7 @@
136 </p>
137
138 <p>
139 -<c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>mousepad</c> is a barebones text
140 +<c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>leafpad</c> is a barebones text
141 editor that starts up extremely quickly.
142 </p>
143
144 @@ -354,15 +321,8 @@
145 <c>squeeze</c>, and <c>file-roller</c>.
146 </li>
147 <li>
148 - <c>thunar-media-tags-plugin</c> lets you intelligently rename multiple media
149 - files at once, and lets you <uri
150 - link="http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/projects/thunar-media-tags-plugin">edit</uri>
151 - their information tags, such as id3 and ogg tags.
152 - </li>
153 - <li>
154 - <c>thunar-thumbnailers</c> lets you <uri
155 - link="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar-plugins/thunar-thumbnailers">preview</uri>
156 - certain types of files from within Thunar, such as images and fonts.
157 + <c>tumbler</c> lets you preview certain types of files from within Thunar,
158 + such as images and fonts.
159 </li>
160 <li>
161 <c>thunar-volman</c> automatically <uri
162 @@ -377,7 +337,7 @@
163 </p>
164
165 <p>
166 -Though <c>mousepad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you need a
167 +Though <c>leafpad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you need a
168 full-featured word processor but don't want the bloat of OpenOffice, try
169 emerging <c>abiword</c>. <uri link="http://www.abisource.com">AbiWord</uri> is
170 lighter, faster, and is completely interoperable with industry-standard document
171 @@ -405,7 +365,7 @@
172 <p>
173 Finally, you'll need a webbrowser. Nearly all graphical webbrowsers require more
174 resources than most of your other desktop applications. Still, <c>firefox</c>
175 -(or <c>firefox-bin</c>) is always a good choice. Alternatively, you may find
176 +and <c>midori</c> are always good choices. Alternatively, you may find
177 <c>opera</c> to be quite fast. However, <c>opera</c> is not available on as many
178 processor architectures as <c>firefox</c>, and it has more dependencies unless
179 you override them with a few USE flags.
180 @@ -414,6 +374,8 @@
181 <pre caption="Adding a webbrowser">
182 <comment>(Installing Mozilla Firefox)</comment>
183 # <i>emerge firefox</i>
184 +<comment>(Installing Midori)</comment>
185 +# <i>emerge midori</i>
186 <comment>(Installing Opera)</comment>
187 # <i>echo "www-client/opera gtk -kde" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i>
188 # <i>emerge opera</i>