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=== How to pronounce Xfce and what does it mean? === | === How to pronounce Xfce and what does it mean? === | ||
- | "Ecks Eff See Eee". The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, | + | "Ecks Eff See Eee". The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, |
+ | It's not pronounced “X-Face”. There is no “a” in it. | ||
=== What does the logo mean? === | === What does the logo mean? === | ||
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===== Keyboard ===== | ===== Keyboard ===== | ||
=== Is there some way to call the menu with the keyboard in the xfce? === | === 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 '' | + | Assign a key with the Keyboard Settings -> Shortcuts to the command '' |
=== Is it possible to focus the Verve plugin with a key? === | === Is it possible to focus the Verve plugin with a key? === | ||
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===Is it possible to change the default shortcut keys?=== | ===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 '' | 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 ''> | ||
===How do I make a shortcut that doesn' | ===How do I make a shortcut that doesn' | ||
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===== File Manager ===== | ===== File Manager ===== | ||
- | You can find more information about Thunar | + | You can find more information about Thunar |
=== Can I disable the trash? === | === Can I disable the trash? === | ||
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=== When will it support samba/ | === When will it support samba/ | ||
- | It already does! Just mount your shares and go to them with Thunar! Just kidding. | + | Thunar |
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- | You are obviously asking about Thunar being able to discover | + | |
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- | Thunar is designed to be a file manager, not a network file system manager. Once such a beast exists, Thunar | + | |
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- | Short answer: not any time soon unless you write it yourself. | + | |
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- | For Linux users, and especially Xubuntu users, the following thread can help: Xubuntu How to: Thunar | + | |
===== Desktop Manager ===== | ===== Desktop Manager ===== | ||
=== I want to disable the trash, home and filesystem icons on my desktop, is that possible? === | === I want to disable the trash, home and filesystem icons on my desktop, is that possible? === | ||
- | Yes. In Settings > Desktop > Icons > Appearence, select ' | + | Yes. In Settings > Desktop > Icons > Appearance, select ' |
=== My Xfce Desktop doesn' | === My Xfce Desktop doesn' | ||
- | You can adjust this via Settings > Desktop > Icons > Appearence. | + | You can adjust this via Settings > Desktop > Icons > Appearance. |
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And you're done, xfwm4 should be now in your session again. If this doesn' | And you're done, xfwm4 should be now in your session again. If this doesn' | ||
- | == The easy solution for every xfce (not for people loving | + | == The easy solution for every xfce (not for people loving |
Because xfwm4 goes fishy most times at start up it isn't bad if you have to log out. You hadn't done anything important until than. So log out, remove ~/ | Because xfwm4 goes fishy most times at start up it isn't bad if you have to log out. You hadn't done anything important until than. So log out, remove ~/ | ||
- | == The cool new xfce4.10 solution (again, not for people loving | + | == The cool new xfce4.10 solution (again, not for people loving |
If you already use xfce4.10 you have the possibility to use the GUI to delete the sessions cache (as you can see, the devs are annoyed, too). Open xfce4-sessions-settings → Session and click »Clear saved sessions«, than log out and in again. This should be all. | If you already use xfce4.10 you have the possibility to use the GUI to delete the sessions cache (as you can see, the devs are annoyed, too). Open xfce4-sessions-settings → Session and click »Clear saved sessions«, than log out and in again. This should be all. | ||
===== Session Manager ===== | ===== Session Manager ===== |