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nightmorph 11/01/23 07:28:31 |
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Modified: xfce-config.xml |
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Log: |
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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 |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.34 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?rev=1.34&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?rev=1.34&content-type=text/plain |
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diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewvc.cgi/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml?r1=1.33&r2=1.34 |
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Index: xfce-config.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.33 |
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retrieving revision 1.34 |
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diff -u -r1.33 -r1.34 |
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--- xfce-config.xml 31 Aug 2010 18:06:31 -0000 1.33 |
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+++ xfce-config.xml 23 Jan 2011 07:28:31 -0000 1.34 |
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> |
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<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.33 2010/08/31 18:06:31 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.34 2011/01/23 07:28:31 nightmorph Exp $ --> |
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<guide> |
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<title>The Xfce Configuration Guide</title> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> |
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<license/> |
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-<version>1.28</version> |
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-<date>2010-08-31</date> |
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+<version>2</version> |
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+<date>2011-01-22</date> |
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<chapter> |
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<title>Introduction</title> |
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<p> |
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Next, double-check your USE flags in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>; you'll |
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probably at least want <c>USE="-gnome -kde -minimal -qt4 branding dbus |
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-hal jpeg lock session startup-notification thunar X"</c>. |
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+jpeg lock session startup-notification thunar udev X"</c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-There's also another variable you can set in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> called |
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-XFCE_PLUGINS. This variable controls additional Xfce plugins for the panel. You |
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-can enable all of the plugins by adding <c>XFCE_PLUGINS="brightness menu |
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-trash</c> to <path>/etc/make.conf</path>. Here's a brief summary of the |
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-plugins: |
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-</p> |
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- |
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-<dl> |
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- <dt>brightness</dt> |
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- <dd> |
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- Lets you add a screen brightness applet to your panel, once you have |
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- installed <c>xfce4-power-manager</c> |
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- </dd> |
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- <dt>menu</dt> |
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- <dd>Lets you add a program menu to your panel</dd> |
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- <dt>trash</dt> |
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- <dd> |
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- Lets you add a Trash can to the panel. The Trash allows you to quickly |
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- delete files or recover them. |
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- </dd> |
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-</dl> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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-Now that you've set your <c>USE</c> and <c>XFCE_PLUGINS</c> variables in |
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+Now that you've set your <c>USE</c> variables in |
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<path>/etc/make.conf</path>, it's time to install Xfce. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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Next, add your regular user(s) to the <c>plugdev</c>, <c>cdrom</c>, <c>cdrw</c>, |
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-and <c>usb</c> groups, so that they can take full advantage of <c>hal</c> and be |
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-able to mount and use devices such as cameras, optical drives, and USB sticks. |
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+and <c>usb</c> groups, so that they can mount and use devices such as cameras, |
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+optical drives, and USB sticks. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Adding users to the hardware groups"> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Now start up <c>hald</c> and add it to the default runlevel: |
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-</p> |
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-<pre caption="Starting hald"> |
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-# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i> |
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-# <i>rc-update add hald default</i> |
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-</pre> |
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- |
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-<p> |
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You'll also need a graphical terminal so that you can continue working with your |
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new desktop environment. <c>x11-terms/terminal</c> is a good choice, as it's |
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made specifically for Xfce. Install Terminal as shown: |
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<p> |
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We should now <c>emerge</c> some useful applications and utilities: |
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-<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfprint</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>, |
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-<c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>, <c>mousepad</c>, <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>, |
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-<c>x11-terms/terminal</c>, and <c>thunar</c>. |
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+<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>, <c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>, |
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+<c>leafpad</c>, <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>, <c>x11-terms/terminal</c>, and |
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+<c>thunar</c>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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<c>xfce4-mixer</c> is a volume control for your sound card. It can also be run |
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-as a panel applet, giving you fast access to playback volume. <c>xfprint</c> |
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-provides easy printer management and job control; it's a must if you intend to |
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-do any printing from your desktop. <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a list of |
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-all running programs, and the CPU and memory consumption each one takes up. By |
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-right-clicking an item, you can kill a misbehaving application, pause and |
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-restart it, or even alter its runtime priority, which lets you fine-tune how |
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-much of a demand it puts on your system's resources. |
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+as a panel applet, giving you fast access to playback volume. |
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+<c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a list of all running programs, and the CPU |
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+and memory consumption each one takes up. By right-clicking an item, you can |
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+kill a misbehaving application, pause and restart it, or even alter its runtime |
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+priority, which lets you fine-tune how much of a demand it puts on your system's |
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+resources. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-<c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>mousepad</c> is a barebones text |
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+<c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>leafpad</c> is a barebones text |
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editor that starts up extremely quickly. |
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</p> |
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<c>squeeze</c>, and <c>file-roller</c>. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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- <c>thunar-media-tags-plugin</c> lets you intelligently rename multiple media |
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- files at once, and lets you <uri |
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- link="http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/projects/thunar-media-tags-plugin">edit</uri> |
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- their information tags, such as id3 and ogg tags. |
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- </li> |
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- <li> |
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- <c>thunar-thumbnailers</c> lets you <uri |
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- link="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar-plugins/thunar-thumbnailers">preview</uri> |
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- certain types of files from within Thunar, such as images and fonts. |
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+ <c>tumbler</c> lets you preview certain types of files from within Thunar, |
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+ such as images and fonts. |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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<c>thunar-volman</c> automatically <uri |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-Though <c>mousepad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you need a |
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+Though <c>leafpad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you need a |
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full-featured word processor but don't want the bloat of OpenOffice, try |
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emerging <c>abiword</c>. <uri link="http://www.abisource.com">AbiWord</uri> is |
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lighter, faster, and is completely interoperable with industry-standard document |
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<p> |
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Finally, you'll need a webbrowser. Nearly all graphical webbrowsers require more |
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resources than most of your other desktop applications. Still, <c>firefox</c> |
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-(or <c>firefox-bin</c>) is always a good choice. Alternatively, you may find |
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+and <c>midori</c> are always good choices. Alternatively, you may find |
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<c>opera</c> to be quite fast. However, <c>opera</c> is not available on as many |
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processor architectures as <c>firefox</c>, and it has more dependencies unless |
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you override them with a few USE flags. |
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<pre caption="Adding a webbrowser"> |
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<comment>(Installing Mozilla Firefox)</comment> |
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# <i>emerge firefox</i> |
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+<comment>(Installing Midori)</comment> |
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+# <i>emerge midori</i> |
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<comment>(Installing Opera)</comment> |
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# <i>echo "www-client/opera gtk -kde" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i> |
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# <i>emerge opera</i> |