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2013/9/5 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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> On 05/09/2013 14:51, gevisz wrote: |
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> > Usually, when I open a new window frame in Gnome 2, I have a Close, |
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> > Maximize/Restore and Minimize buttons on its upper-right corner. |
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> > Sometimes, however, especially when I open a supplementary window frame |
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> > from a running program, its upper (text) bar contains only the Close |
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> > button with no possibility to maximize the window frame to the whole |
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> > screen, and it is extremely inconvenient. |
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> > I do remember that I had a similar problem in Gnome 2 under Ubuntu but |
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> > somehow managed to get to the configuration where almost all my windows |
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> > had Maximize/Restore and Minimize buttons. The only exception was the |
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> > Firefox sub-window to save a bookmark. :^( |
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> > Just now, I have tries FXCE and found out that it opens all the |
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> > sub-windows with the Maximize/Restore, Close and Minimize buttons "out |
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> > of the box" and without recompilation of all the programs that do not do |
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> > the same in Gnome (except for the Firefox bookmark sub-window, of |
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> course). |
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> > However, I am reluctant to migrate to FXCE right now because at the |
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> > moment I cannot achieve the same look-and-feel as in my Gnome |
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> > (especially, I miss the the all-in-one clock-calendar-weather applet |
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> > with the world map showing the daytime at different locations). |
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> > Could anybody advise me how to get the Close, Maximize/Restore and |
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> > Minimize buttons in all window frames in Gnome 2. |
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> I think the true answer is |
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> "You can't. The Gnome devs know better than you what you want" |
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> I'm happy to be proved wrong though. |
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> If it bothers you, just migrate to XFCE and deal with the pain. It will |
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> last only a short time. |
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> Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Currently, Gnome works better than Xfce for me, because so far |
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1) I found no way to switch keyboard layout from English to any other |
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language (while Gnome and DWM do this after tackling with evdev |
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configs), |
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2) Gnome allows more combinations for hot key bindings, for example, |
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I can not assign <Win>+<Shift>+<any letter> to any program launcher |
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in Fxce, while it does work in Gnome, |
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3) installing Orange in FXCE involves unmasking some dependent |
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packages, but I like to stick to the stable thread. |
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All in all, I do understand why Linus said that Xfce is a step back |
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compared to Gnome 2 |
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(but I still have not got why Xfce is a big step forward compared with |
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Gnome 3 :^), as |
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have not tried it so far). |
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P.S. I will probably post a separate question, but if somebody can |
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explain how to setup language keyboad layout switch in Fxce, |
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you are welcome. :^) |
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I set up toggling the keyboard layout to <rWin> key in |
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/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf as follows: |
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Option "XkbOptions" |
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"grp:rwin_toggle,grp_led:scroll,compose:menu,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" |
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It works for Gnome and DWM but not for Xfce. :^( |
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Moreover, I need the keyboard layout indicator somewhere on the Xfce |
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panel, |
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but could not find any. |