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tips [2012/03/18 18:44] – [Use the desktop margin] rayandrewstips [2017/05/01 22:05] – fixed dead link yano
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 ===== Gtkrc files ===== ===== Gtkrc files =====
-  * A tutorial about the Gtkrc format can be found [[http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt/Tutorials/GtkThemes|here]]. +  * A tutorial about the Gtkrc format can be found [[http://live.gnome.org/Attic/GnomeArt/Tutorials/GtkThemes|here]]. 
  
   * Xfce has also a couple of custom gtkrc settings for some of the applications: [[http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/xfdesktop/branches/xfce_4_4/README|xfdesktop]] and [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/advanced_settings|Thunar]] (see also [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/faq#how_do_i_assign_different_keyboard_shortcuts|editable shortcuts]]).   * Xfce has also a couple of custom gtkrc settings for some of the applications: [[http://svn.xfce.org/svn/xfce/xfdesktop/branches/xfce_4_4/README|xfdesktop]] and [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/advanced_settings|Thunar]] (see also [[http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/faq#how_do_i_assign_different_keyboard_shortcuts|editable shortcuts]]).
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    * In General : set //When power button is pressed// to //Ask//    * In General : set //When power button is pressed// to //Ask//
    * Close Power Manager settings    * Close Power Manager settings
-   * In the file **/etc/acpi/events/power_button** , change the //action// field to ///bin/true// :+   * If you have ACPI scripts installed, deactivate or update the **power-button** script from **/etc/acpi/events/**, and change the //action// field to ///bin/true//:
 <file> <file>
 +# EXAMPLE
 event=button/power.* event=button/power.*
 #action=/usr/lib/acpid/power_button #action=/usr/lib/acpid/power_button
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 ===== Accessing man pages through xfrun4 ===== ===== Accessing man pages through xfrun4 =====
 Use '#' as a shortcut to open man pages using xfrun4. e.g. #man Use '#' as a shortcut to open man pages using xfrun4. e.g. #man
 +
 +===== Do maths with xfrun4/appfinder =====
 +  * What you get: input simple mathematical expression, like 5+5 or (5+5)/3 or .5*10, in xfrun4/appfinder, and get the result as notification.
 +  * Requirement: notify-send
 +  * Save this script as bcme.sh, in your home directory:
 +
 +  #!/bin/sh
 +  
 +  precision=2        # number of digit for floating value
 +  notify_time=20000  # number of milisecond the notification show
 +  
 +  res=`echo "scale=$precision;$@" | bc`  
 +  notify-send -t $notify_time "$res" "=$@"
 +
 +  *Add custom action to Application finder :
 +    * Type : Regular Expression
 +    * Pattern : ^([0-9]|\(|\.).*
 +    * Command : /bin/sh ~/bcme.sh \0
 +    *  (check) Save match in command history
 +
 +
 +====== Xfconf =====
 +
 +===== Toggle panel autohide =====
 +
 +Short Bash script to toggle the autohide property of a panel, so you can bind for example a keyboard shortcut to quickly show and hide a panel.
 +
 +<code bash>
 +#!/bin/sh
 +
 +test -z "$1" && echo missing panel id  && exit 1
 +test ! -z "`echo $1 | sed s/[0-9]*//g`" && echo bad panel id  && exit 1
 +
 +CHANNEL=xfce4-panel
 +PANELID=$1
 +PROP=/panels/panel-$PANELID/autohide
 +
 +if `xfconf-query -c $CHANNEL -p $PROP >/dev/null 2>&1`; then
 +    xfconf-query -c $CHANNEL -T -p $PROP
 +else
 +    xfconf-query -c $CHANNEL -n -p $PROP -t bool -s false
 +fi
 +</code>
 +
 +===== Control per-window transparency =====
 +
 +Xfce lets you control the transparency of any window by horizontal scrolling on the titlebar. Starting with 4.12 though, it has been disabled by default. To enable this, open **Settings Editor > xfwm4** and change ''horiz_scroll_opacity'' to true by clicking the checkbox.