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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, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but the F is nolonger capitalized (not "XFce", but "Xfce"). Currently the acronym doesn't stand for anything (suggestion: X Freakin' Cool Environment).+"Ecks Eff See Eee". The name Xfce originally stood for XForms Common Environment, but since then, Xfce was rewritten twice and doesn't use XForms toolkit anymore. The name survived, but the F is no longer capitalized (not "XFce", but "Xfce"). Currently the abbreviation doesn't stand for anything (suggestion: X Freakin' Cool 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 ''xfdesktop -menu''. (This does not work reliable since Linux Kernel is tickless, so xfdesktop -menu needs a fix) The menu will popup where your mouse is located. You can also use ''xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu'' to popup the panel menu (also provided by xfdesktop and make sure you have the plugin in your panel ^_~).+Assign a key with the Keyboard Settings -> Shortcuts to the command ''xfdesktop -menu''. (This does not work reliably since Linux Kernel is tickless, so xfdesktop -menu needs a fix) The menu will popup where your mouse is located. You can also use ''xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu'' to popup the panel menu (also provided by xfdesktop and make sure you have the plugin in your panel ^_~).
  
 === 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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 <code>xfwm4 --sm-client-id=${SESSION_MANAGER##*/} & disown</code> <code>xfwm4 --sm-client-id=${SESSION_MANAGER##*/} & disown</code>
 And you're done, xfwm4 should be now in your session again. If this doesn't work, stick with method 2 or 3 below. And you're done, xfwm4 should be now in your session again. If this doesn't work, stick with method 2 or 3 below.
-== The easy solution for every xfce (not for people loving there sessions) ==+== The easy solution for every xfce (not for people loving their sessions) ==
 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 ~/.cache/sessions/* (probably with <code>rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions/*</code> and login back again. Don't do this while you're logged in to xfce! Don't do this if you love the xfce session feature (because you delete all sessions, duh)! 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 ~/.cache/sessions/* (probably with <code>rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions/*</code> and login back again. Don't do this while you're logged in to xfce! Don't do this if you love the xfce session feature (because you delete all sessions, duh)!
-== The cool new xfce4.10 solution (again, not for people loving there sessions) ==+== The cool new xfce4.10 solution (again, not for people loving their sessions) ==
 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 =====