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====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ====== Frequently Asked Questions ====== | ||
- | ===== Editable Menu Accelerators | + | ===== How to pronounce Xfce ? ===== |
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+ | “Ecks Eff See Eee” | ||
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+ | ===== What does it mean ? ===== | ||
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+ | The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, | ||
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+ | ===== What does the logo mean ? ===== | ||
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+ | A mouse, obviously, for all kinds of reasons like world domination and monsters and such. | ||
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+ | ===== On which platforms does Xfce run currently ? ===== | ||
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+ | Xfce is developed to be versatile. It is currently supported on Linux, Solaris and BSD, but has been known to run in some shape or form on IRIX, MacOS X, and Windows. | ||
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+ | ===== Under which license is Xfce distributed ? ===== | ||
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+ | Xfce 4 components are licensed under free or open source licenses: GPL or BSDL for applications and LGPL or BSDL for libraries. Read the documentation, | ||
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+ | ===== How long between two official release ? ===== | ||
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+ | There is no set schedule, but there are goals the developers try to meet. That said, the creation of deadlines does not lend itself well to those working without compensation. So the overall goal is to release a new version as certain goals are reached. Unfortunately, | ||
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+ | === How to configure Shortcuts / Hotkeys / Menu Accelerators ? === | ||
A number of Xfce applications (Thunar, for example) support the standard GTK2 way of changing shortcuts: simply hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to rebind it to. | A number of Xfce applications (Thunar, for example) support the standard GTK2 way of changing shortcuts: simply hover over the menu option with the mouse pointer and press the keyboard shortcut you want to rebind it to. | ||
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Refer to specific app's documentation to learn how to configure its shortcuts.</ | Refer to specific app's documentation to learn how to configure its shortcuts.</ | ||
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+ | === Is there some way to call the menu with the keyboard in the xfce? === | ||
+ | Assign a key with the Keyboard Settings -> Shortcuts to the command '' | ||
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+ | === Is it possible to focus the Verve plugin with a key? === | ||
+ | Assign a key to the command '' | ||
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+ | === My windows button does not work in the Keyboard Settings > Shortcuts. === | ||
+ | The windows button (also known as the superkey) not working as a modifier is related to the toolkit, GTK+ in the case of Xfce. If you want to have the windows-key working we recommend you to upgrade GTK+ to at least version 2.10.0. | ||
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+ | === How do I get numlock to start on login? === | ||
+ | There are two possibilities to achieve this. Or you should use a display manager that turns the numlock on (eg. gdm, check the settings) or you can use a little program called [[http:// | ||
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+ | === Is it possible to use Media keys in the Shortcut Editor? === | ||
+ | Use xmodmap to assign keycodes to your Media keys to make them available for the Xfce shortcut editor: | ||
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+ | To determine keycodes of the multimedia keys use the program '' | ||
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+ | All possible keysyms can be found in / | ||
+ | Note: Several problems with auto-loading of .Xmodmap files at xfce startup have been reported (also when issued as autostart command). Search the xfce bugzilla sites for current problems. As a workaround, run '' | ||
+ | editing the somewhat less straightforward xkb configuration files. | ||
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+ | ===How to determine keycodes with '' | ||
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+ | All keyboards are different, keycodes can differ(eg. my keyboard with few keycodes above, not working) and of course not everyone has time to search XKeysymDB file. You can acquire keycodes from your keyboard with xev. | ||
+ | In terminal type: | ||
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+ | xev | grep -A2 --line-buffered ' | ||
+ | then press key of which keycode you need, eg. I press " | ||
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+ | ===What should I do to change keyboard layout?=== | ||
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+ | There are several options. One is to use '' | ||
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+ | ===Is it possible to change the default shortcut keys?=== | ||
+ | Yes, of course... Keyboard shortcuts are defined on two locations. The shortcuts to handle the window manager are defined in the Settings Manager > Window Manager Settings > Keyboard. The '' | ||
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+ | ===How can I see a list of all the shortcut keys?=== | ||
+ | Use the following command, which will produce a nicely formatted text list to standard output: | ||
+ | xfconf-query -c xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts -l -v | cut -d'/' | ||
+ | If you want to put this list into a file, add ''> | ||
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+ | ===How do I make a shortcut that doesn' | ||
+ | You can't. | ||
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