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diff --git a/doc/C/xfdesktop.html b/doc/C/xfdesktop.html index 16826791..d373e55d 100644 --- a/doc/C/xfdesktop.html +++ b/doc/C/xfdesktop.html @@ -1,19 +1,22 @@ -<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Xfce 4 Desktop Manager</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../xfce.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1"><link rel="start" href="#xfdesktop" title="Xfce 4 Desktop Manager"><link rel="next" href="#xfdesktop-intro" title="Introduction"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="xfdesktop"></a>Xfce 4 Desktop Manager</h1></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jasper</span> <span class="surname">Huijsmans</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jasper@xfce.org">jasper@xfce.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">François</span> <span class="surname">Le Clainche</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:fleclainche@wanadoo.fr">fleclainche@wanadoo.fr</a>></tt></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Brian</span> <span class="surname">Tarricone</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:kelnos@xfce.org">kelnos@xfce.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="releaseinfo">This manual describes <b xmlns="" class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> version 4.1.x. +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Xfce 4 Desktop Manager</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../xfce.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.66.1"><link rel="start" href="#xfdesktop" title="Xfce 4 Desktop Manager"><link rel="next" href="#xfdesktop-intro" title="Introduction"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h1 class="title"><a name="xfdesktop"></a>Xfce 4 Desktop Manager</h1></div><div><div class="authorgroup"><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Jasper</span> <span class="surname">Huijsmans</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jasper@xfce.org">jasper@xfce.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">François</span> <span class="surname">Le Clainche</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:fleclainche@wanadoo.fr">fleclainche@wanadoo.fr</a>></tt></p></div></div></div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Brian</span> <span class="surname">Tarricone</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:kelnos@xfce.org">kelnos@xfce.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div></div><div><span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/transitional" class="releaseinfo">This manual describes <b xmlns="" class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> version 4.2. <br></br></span></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2004 Jasper Huijsmans</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2004 François Le Clainche</p></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2004 Brian Tarricone</p></div></div><hr></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#xfdesktop-intro">Introduction</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#xfdesktop-background">Backdrops</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#xfdesktop-menu"><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> root menu</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="#xfdesktop-copyright">About xfdesktop</a></span></dt></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfdesktop-intro"></a>Introduction</h2></div></div></div><p>The <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> application manages the desktop backdrop. It sets a - backdrop image and/or color and it can optionally pop up an applications - menu (when you click on it with the right mouse button) and a - window list of all running applications (after a middle button clic). - </p><p> - Along with the application, a settings dialog is installed for use with the - <span class="emphasis"><em>Xfce 4 Settings Manager</em></span>. This dialog allows you to - change the backdrop image and color. You can also request xfdesktop to - not set the backdrop, in order to allow another program to perform that - task. + backdrop image and/or color and it can pop up an applications + menu and a list of all running applications when you click on the desktop + with the right or middle mouse button resepctively. + </p><p> + The <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> package installs a settings dialog for use with + the <span class="emphasis"><em>Xfce 4 Settings Manager</em></span>. From this dialog you + can change the backdrop image and color and change settings for the menu + and the window list. </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfdesktop-background"></a>Backdrops</h2></div></div></div><p>You can start the Desktop settings dialog by clicking on the "Desktop" button in the <a href="xfce-mcs-manager.html#manager-dialog" target="_top">settings manager dialog</a>. </p><div class="figure"><a name="xfdesktop-background-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 1. Backdrop Settings</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/xfdesktop-background.png" alt="Shows backdrop settings dialog. - "></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Color</span></dt><dd><p>This dialog allows you to select a color style for your desktop backdrop: solid color, horizontal gradient or vertical gradient. Depending on your choice, you will be able to choose one or two colors, using "First color" and "Second color" buttons. These buttons start a color chooser:</p><div class="figure"><a name="select_bg_color-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. Select backdrop color</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/select_bg_color.png" alt="Shows the Select backdrop color dialog"></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>you can use the colored ring with a triangle inside: + "></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Color</span></dt><dd><p>This dialog allows you to select a color style for your desktop + backdrop: solid color, horizontal gradient or vertical gradient. + Depending on your choice, you will be able to choose one or two + colors, using "First color" and "Second color" buttons. These + buttons open a color chooser dialog:</p><div class="figure"><a name="select_bg_color-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 2. Select backdrop color</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/select_bg_color.png" alt="Shows the Select backdrop color dialog"></div></div></div><p> </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>you can use the colored ring with a triangle inside: select the color you want from the outer ring, then select the darkness or lightness of that color using the inner triangle. Corresponding values of brightness, deepness, and amount of red, @@ -23,12 +26,14 @@ screen to select the color. </li><li>you can enter an HTML-style hexadecimal color value, or simply a color name, in the "Color Name" entry - </li></ul></div><p>The selected colors will fill the entire root window, and will remain - visible through a transparent backdrop image.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Image</span></dt><dd><p>Unselect the "Show image" option if you want <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> to ignore the backdrop image and only use the previously selected colors.</p><p>The "File" entry shows the path to the currently selected + </li></ul></div><p>The selected colors will fill the entire root window, and will + remain visible through a transparent backdrop image.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Image</span></dt><dd><p>Unselect the "Show image" option if you want <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> to ignore + the backdrop image and only use the previously selected colors. + </p><p>The "File" entry shows the path to the currently selected backdrop image. If you want to change it, just drop and image - on the path field, or edit the path, or click the - "open" button, and a classic file-browsing dialog will appear. - </p><p>You can create a list of backdrop images that will be randomly + on the path field, or edit the path, or click the "open" button, + and a classic file-browsing dialog will appear. + </p><p>You can create a list of backdrop images that will be randomly used at startup. Click the "New list" button to open the list editing dialog: </p><div class="figure"><a name="xfdesktop-list-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 3. Backdrop List</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/xfdesktop-list.png" alt="Shows backdrop list manager."></div></div></div><p>You may want to change the default path and name of your @@ -43,47 +48,60 @@ the backdrop settings dialog from a file manager.</p><p>To refresh the backdrop with a new random image from the list just run the <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> command again, e.g. from a terminal or the run dialog, or <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> [-reload]. - </p><p>Four Style options (Tiled, Scaled, Centered and Stretched) can be used to - specify the fitting of the backdrop image on the screen, depending - on its size. You can also select the "Auto" item if you want to - let <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> take care of this setting. - </p><p>The slider at the bottom of the dialog allows you to adjust the brightness of the backdrop image and/or color.</p><p>xfdesktop supports xinerama and multiscreen modes. In multiscreen mode, the "Backdrops" dialog shows one tab per screen.</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfdesktop-menu"></a><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> root menu</h2></div></div></div><p><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> provides a mouse menu that appears when you click on the - desktop backdrop with your right or middle mouse button. - </p><p>The Menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog allows you to configure the <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> root menu behaviour.</p><div class="figure"><a name="xfdesktop-menu-tab-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 4. Menu tab</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/xfdesktop-menu-tab.png" alt="Shows the menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog."></div></div></div><p>If you want to use the root menu and/or the window list, the corresponding options have to be selected in the settings dialog.</p><p>A right-click on the desktop backdrop opens a menu that allows you to + </p><p>Four Style options (Tiled, Scaled, Centered and Stretched) are + available to specify the fitting of the backdrop image on the + screen, depending on its size. You can also select the "Auto" item + if you want to let <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> take care of this setting. + </p><p>The slider at the bottom of the dialog allows you to adjust the + brightness of the backdrop image and/or color. + </p><p>xfdesktop supports xinerama and multiscreen modes. In + multiscreen mode, the "Backdrops" dialog shows one tab per screen. + </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfdesktop-menu"></a><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> root menu</h2></div></div></div><p><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> provides an applications menu and a windowlist menu that appear + when you click on the desktop with your right or middle mouse button. + </p><p>The Menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog allows you to configure + the menu behaviour. + </p><div class="figure"><a name="xfdesktop-menu-tab-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 4. Menu tab</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/xfdesktop-menu-tab.png" alt="Shows the menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog."></div></div></div><p>If you want to use the root menu and/or the window list, the + corresponding options have to be selected in the settings dialog. + </p><p>A right-click on the desktop backdrop opens a menu that allows you to start some applications. Its configuration file, menu.xml, can be found under the path <tt class="filename">$sysconfdir/xfce4/menu.xml</tt>. For binary packages $sysconfdir is often <tt class="filename">/etc</tt> and for source compiles it defaults to <tt class="filename">/usr/local/etc</tt>. </p><p>While it is possible to edit the file manually, the recommended method for editing the menu.xml file is via the Xfce 4 Menu Editor, which can be - started by running <b class="application"><tt>xfce4-menueditor</tt></b>, or using the "Edit desktop menu" button available from the Menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog. The menu editor also supports drag'n'drop from a file manager.</p><div class="figure"><a name="xfdesktop-editor-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5. <tt class="application">xfdesktop</tt> menu editor</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/xfdesktop-editor.png" alt="Shows xfdesktop menu editor. - "></div></div></div><p>In order to lower the hardware requirements to run xfdesktop, you can disable the usage of icons in the root menu from the settings dialog.</p><p>NOTE: If you choose to edit the file manually, menu.xml has to be in + started by running <b class="application"><tt>xfce4-menueditor</tt></b>, or using + the "Edit desktop menu" button available from the Menu tab of the Desktop + settings dialog. The menu editor also supports drag'n'drop from a file + manager. + </p><div class="figure"><a name="xfdesktop-editor-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 5. <tt class="application">xfdesktop</tt> menu editor</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/xfdesktop-editor.png" alt="Shows xfdesktop menu editor. + "></div></div></div><p>NOTE: If you choose to edit the file manually, menu.xml has to be in UTF-8 encoding for the toolkit to be able to display accented or other - non-ASCII characters. Therefore, you need an editor that supports UTF-8, - like <b class="application"><tt>gedit</tt></b>. + non-ASCII characters. Therefore, you need an editor that supports UTF-8, + like <b class="application"><tt>gedit</tt></b>. </p><div class="figure"><a name="root-menu-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 6. <tt class="application">xfdesktop</tt> right-click mouse menu</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/root_menu.png" alt="Shows xfdesktop right-click mouse menu. "></div></div></div><p>A middle-click on the desktop backdrop shows a list of all opened windows ordered by workspace. It also allows you to add or remove a workspace. </p><div class="figure"><a name="root-menu2-fig"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 7. <tt class="application">xfdesktop</tt> middle-click mouse menu</b></p><div class="screenshot"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="images/root_menu2.png" alt="Shows xfdesktop middle-click mouse menu. - "></div></div></div><p>In order to lower the hardware requirements to run xfdesktop, you can disable the usage of icons in the window list from the settings dialog.</p><p>You can open the menu or window list from the commandline as well. + "></div></div></div><p>In order to lower the hardware requirements to run xfdesktop, you can + disable the usage of icons in the desktop menu and the window list menu + from the settings dialog. + </p><p>You can open the menu or window list from the commandline as well. This can be useful for keyboard shortcuts. To open the menu run the - command <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> <b class="application"><tt>-menu</tt></b>, and for the windowlist use - <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> <b class="application"><tt>-windowlist</tt></b>. - </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfdesktop-copyright"></a>About xfdesktop</h2></div></div></div><p><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> was written by Jasper Huijsmans - (<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jasper@xfce.org">jasper@xfce.org</a>></tt>), Brian Tarricone - (<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:kelnos@xfce.org">kelnos@xfce.org</a>></tt>) and Benedikt Meurer - (<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:benny@xfce.org">benny@xfce.org</a>></tt>). + command <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> <b class="application"><tt>-menu</tt></b>, and for the windowlist + use <b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> <b class="application"><tt>-windowlist</tt></b>. + </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="xfdesktop-copyright"></a>About xfdesktop</h2></div></div></div><p><b class="application"><tt>xfdesktop</tt></b> was written by + Jasper Huijsmans (<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jasper@xfce.org">jasper@xfce.org</a>></tt>), + Brian Tarricone (<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:kelnos@xfce.org">kelnos@xfce.org</a>></tt>) and + Benedikt Meurer (<tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:benny@xfce.org">benny@xfce.org</a>></tt>). For more information, please visit the <a href="http://www.xfce.org" target="_top">Xfce web site</a>. </p><p>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or - this manual, send an email to the - <a href="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev/" target="_top">xfce4-dev</a> mailing list — this is the preferred - method — or use the Xfce's <a href="http://bugs.xfce.org/" target="_top">bug - tracking system</a>. + this manual, please use the <a href="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/" target="_top">bug tracking system</a>. If you have questions about the use or installation of this package, please ask on the - <a href="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce/" target="_top">xfce</a> mailing list. + <a href="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce/" target="_top">xfce</a> mailing list. Development discussion takes + place on the <a href="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-dev/" target="_top">xfce4-dev</a> mailing list. </p><p> This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. diff --git a/doc/C/xfdesktop.xml b/doc/C/xfdesktop.xml index fda48427..9f9d8b35 100644 --- a/doc/C/xfdesktop.xml +++ b/doc/C/xfdesktop.xml @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ <?xml version='1.0'?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd" [ - <!ENTITY date "Aug 2004"> - <!ENTITY appversion "4.1.x"> + <!ENTITY date "November 2004"> + <!ENTITY appversion "4.2"> <!ENTITY app "<application>xfdesktop</application>"> ]> @@ -106,17 +106,16 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. <title>Introduction</title> <para>The &app; application manages the desktop backdrop. It sets a - backdrop image and/or color and it can optionally pop up an applications - menu (when you click on it with the right mouse button) and a - window list of all running applications (after a middle button clic). - </para> + backdrop image and/or color and it can pop up an applications + menu and a list of all running applications when you click on the desktop + with the right or middle mouse button resepctively. + </para> - <para> - Along with the application, a settings dialog is installed for use with the - <emphasis>Xfce 4 Settings Manager</emphasis>. This dialog allows you to - change the backdrop image and color. You can also request xfdesktop to - not set the backdrop, in order to allow another program to perform that - task. + <para> + The &app; package installs a settings dialog for use with + the <emphasis>Xfce 4 Settings Manager</emphasis>. From this dialog you + can change the backdrop image and color and change settings for the menu + and the window list. </para> </sect1> @@ -150,7 +149,11 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. <term>Color</term> <listitem> - <para>This dialog allows you to select a color style for your desktop backdrop: solid color, horizontal gradient or vertical gradient. Depending on your choice, you will be able to choose one or two colors, using "First color" and "Second color" buttons. These buttons start a color chooser:</para> + <para>This dialog allows you to select a color style for your desktop + backdrop: solid color, horizontal gradient or vertical gradient. + Depending on your choice, you will be able to choose one or two + colors, using "First color" and "Second color" buttons. These + buttons open a color chooser dialog:</para> <figure id="select_bg_color-fig"> <title>Select backdrop color</title> @@ -184,8 +187,8 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>The selected colors will fill the entire root window, and will remain - visible through a transparent backdrop image.</para> + <para>The selected colors will fill the entire root window, and will + remain visible through a transparent backdrop image.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -195,13 +198,15 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. <listitem> - <para>Unselect the "Show image" option if you want &app; to ignore the backdrop image and only use the previously selected colors.</para> + <para>Unselect the "Show image" option if you want &app; to ignore + the backdrop image and only use the previously selected colors. + </para> <para>The "File" entry shows the path to the currently selected backdrop image. If you want to change it, just drop and image - on the path field, or edit the path, or click the - "open" button, and a classic file-browsing dialog will appear. - </para> + on the path field, or edit the path, or click the "open" button, + and a classic file-browsing dialog will appear. + </para> <para>You can create a list of backdrop images that will be randomly used at startup. Click the "New list" button to open the list @@ -242,15 +247,19 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. dialog, or &app; <arg>-reload</arg>. </para> - <para>Four Style options (Tiled, Scaled, Centered and Stretched) can be used to - specify the fitting of the backdrop image on the screen, depending - on its size. You can also select the "Auto" item if you want to - let &app; take care of this setting. + <para>Four Style options (Tiled, Scaled, Centered and Stretched) are + available to specify the fitting of the backdrop image on the + screen, depending on its size. You can also select the "Auto" item + if you want to let &app; take care of this setting. </para> - <para>The slider at the bottom of the dialog allows you to adjust the brightness of the backdrop image and/or color.</para> + <para>The slider at the bottom of the dialog allows you to adjust the + brightness of the backdrop image and/or color. + </para> - <para>xfdesktop supports xinerama and multiscreen modes. In multiscreen mode, the "Backdrops" dialog shows one tab per screen.</para> + <para>xfdesktop supports xinerama and multiscreen modes. In + multiscreen mode, the "Backdrops" dialog shows one tab per screen. + </para> </listitem> @@ -263,27 +272,31 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. <sect1 id="xfdesktop-menu"> <title>&app; root menu</title> - <para>&app; provides a mouse menu that appears when you click on the - desktop backdrop with your right or middle mouse button. + <para>&app; provides an applications menu and a windowlist menu that appear + when you click on the desktop with your right or middle mouse button. </para> - <para>The Menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog allows you to configure the &app; root menu behaviour.</para> + <para>The Menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog allows you to configure + the menu behaviour. + </para> - <figure id="xfdesktop-menu-tab-fig"> - <title>Menu tab</title> - <screenshot> - <mediaobject> - <imageobject> - <imagedata fileref="images/xfdesktop-menu-tab.png" format="PNG"/> - </imageobject> - <textobject> - <phrase>Shows the menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog.</phrase> - </textobject> - </mediaobject> - </screenshot> - </figure> + <figure id="xfdesktop-menu-tab-fig"> + <title>Menu tab</title> + <screenshot> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/xfdesktop-menu-tab.png" format="PNG"/> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <phrase>Shows the menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog.</phrase> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> + </screenshot> + </figure> - <para>If you want to use the root menu and/or the window list, the corresponding options have to be selected in the settings dialog.</para> + <para>If you want to use the root menu and/or the window list, the + corresponding options have to be selected in the settings dialog. + </para> <para>A right-click on the desktop backdrop opens a menu that allows you to start some applications. Its configuration file, menu.xml, can be found @@ -294,9 +307,13 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. <para>While it is possible to edit the file manually, the recommended method for editing the menu.xml file is via the Xfce 4 Menu Editor, which can be - started by running <application>xfce4-menueditor</application>, or using the "Edit desktop menu" button available from the Menu tab of the Desktop settings dialog. The menu editor also supports drag'n'drop from a file manager.</para> + started by running <application>xfce4-menueditor</application>, or using + the "Edit desktop menu" button available from the Menu tab of the Desktop + settings dialog. The menu editor also supports drag'n'drop from a file + manager. + </para> - <figure id="xfdesktop-editor-fig"> + <figure id="xfdesktop-editor-fig"> <title>&app; menu editor</title> <screenshot> <mediaobject> @@ -311,12 +328,10 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. </screenshot> </figure> - <para>In order to lower the hardware requirements to run xfdesktop, you can disable the usage of icons in the root menu from the settings dialog.</para> - <para>NOTE: If you choose to edit the file manually, menu.xml has to be in UTF-8 encoding for the toolkit to be able to display accented or other - non-ASCII characters. Therefore, you need an editor that supports UTF-8, - like <application>gedit</application>. + non-ASCII characters. Therefore, you need an editor that supports UTF-8, + like <application>gedit</application>. </para> <figure id="root-menu-fig"> @@ -354,12 +369,15 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. </screenshot> </figure> -<para>In order to lower the hardware requirements to run xfdesktop, you can disable the usage of icons in the window list from the settings dialog.</para> + <para>In order to lower the hardware requirements to run xfdesktop, you can + disable the usage of icons in the desktop menu and the window list menu + from the settings dialog. + </para> <para>You can open the menu or window list from the commandline as well. This can be useful for keyboard shortcuts. To open the menu run the - command &app; <application>-menu</application>, and for the windowlist use - &app; <application>-windowlist</application>. + command &app; <application>-menu</application>, and for the windowlist + use &app; <application>-windowlist</application>. </para> </sect1> @@ -367,24 +385,24 @@ maintainers, etc. Commented out by default. <sect1 id="xfdesktop-copyright"> <title>About xfdesktop</title> - <para>&app; was written by Jasper Huijsmans - (<email>jasper@xfce.org</email>), Brian Tarricone - (<email>kelnos@xfce.org</email>) and Benedikt Meurer - (<email>benny@xfce.org</email>). + <para>&app; was written by + Jasper Huijsmans (<email>jasper@xfce.org</email>), + Brian Tarricone (<email>kelnos@xfce.org</email>) and + Benedikt Meurer (<email>benny@xfce.org</email>). For more information, please visit the <ulink url="http://www.xfce.org" type="http">Xfce web site</ulink>. </para> <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or - this manual, send an email to the - <ulink url="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce4-dev/" - type="http">xfce4-dev</ulink> mailing list — this is the preferred - method — or use the Xfce's <ulink url="http://bugs.xfce.org/">bug - tracking system</ulink>. + this manual, please use the <ulink url="http://bugzilla.xfce.org/" + type="http">bug tracking system</ulink>. If you have questions about the use or installation of this package, please ask on the <ulink url="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce/" - type="http">xfce</ulink> mailing list. + type="http">xfce</ulink> mailing list. Development discussion takes + place on the <ulink + url="http://www.lunar-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-dev/" + type="http">xfce4-dev</ulink> mailing list. </para> <para> This program is distributed under the terms of the |