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nightmorph    09/08/28 07:48:02

  Modified:             xfce-config.xml
  Log:
  overhaul the xfce guide for all the crazy unannounced changes to the xf=
ce package names, categories, USE flags, and dependencies. i think i mana=
ged to cover them all. i also added some recommended apps and utilities.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.21                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce=
-config.xml?rev=3D1.21&view=3Dmarkup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce=
-config.xml?rev=3D1.21&content-type=3Dtext/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce=
-config.xml?r1=3D1.20&r2=3D1.21

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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -r1.20 -r1.21
--- xfce-config.xml	12 Aug 2009 08:22:17 -0000	1.20
+++ xfce-config.xml	28 Aug 2009 07:48:01 -0000	1.21
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version=3D'1.0' encoding=3D'UTF-8'?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.=
20 2009/08/12 08:22:17 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.=
21 2009/08/28 07:48:01 nightmorph Exp $ -->
=20
 <guide link=3D"/doc/en/xfce-config.xml">
 <title>The Xfce Configuration Guide</title>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
=20
-<version>1.16</version>
-<date>2009-08-12</date>
+<version>1.17</version>
+<date>2009-08-28</date>
=20
 <chapter>
 <title>Introduction</title>
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
=20
 <p>
 Next, double-check your USE flags in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>; you'll
-probably at least want <c>USE=3D"-gnome -kde -qt3 -qt4 X alsa cups dbus =
hal startup-notification xscreensaver"</c>.
+probably at least want <c>USE=3D"-gnome -kde -qt3 -qt4 X branding dbus h=
al lock
+session startup-notification thunar"</c>.
 </p>
=20
 <p>
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@
 </p>
=20
 <pre caption=3D"Installing Xfce">
-# <i>emerge -avt xfce4 xfce4-settings</i>
+# <i>emerge -avt xfce4-meta</i>
 </pre>
=20
 <p>
@@ -210,27 +211,32 @@
=20
 <ul>
   <li>
-    <c>xfce4-battery</c> is perfect for laptop users. It displays batter=
y
+    <c>xfce4-battery-plugin</c> is perfect for laptop users. It displays=
 battery
     percentage, time remaining, power source (AC or battery), fan status=
,
     warnings, and can even be configured to execute commands at certain =
power
     levels. This feature can be used to put the laptop into hibernate mo=
de when
     the battery is almost exhausted.
   </li>
   <li>
-    <c>xfce4-verve</c> is a small command line embedded into the panel. =
It's
-    quicker than opening up another terminal when you want to run a comm=
and.
+    <c>xfce4-verve-plugin</c> is a small command line embedded into the =
panel.
+    It's quicker than opening up another terminal when you want to run a
+    command.
   </li>
   <li>
-    <c>xfce4-mount</c> gives you a handy method of mounting devices list=
ed in
-    <path>/etc/fstab</path> just by clicking your mouse
+    <c>xfce4-mount-plugin</c> gives you a handy method of mounting devic=
es
+    listed in <path>/etc/fstab</path> just by clicking your mouse
+  </li>
+  <li>
+    <c>xfce4-sensors-plugin</c> lets you monitor your hardware sensors, =
such as
+    CPU temperature, fan RPM, hard drive temp, motherboard voltage, and =
more
   </li>
 </ul>
=20
 <p>
 If you can't find what you're looking for in the plugins specifically ma=
de for
 Xfce, try searching through the list of Gnome panel applets! That's righ=
t, by
-first emerging <c>xfce4-xfapplet</c>, you can install and run any applet=
 made
-for Gnome.
+first emerging <c>xfce4-xfapplet-plugin</c>, you can install and run any=
 applet
+made for Gnome.
 </p>
=20
 </body>
@@ -240,42 +246,60 @@
 <body>
=20
 <p>
-Xfce bundles a few useful applications, including <c>xfce4-appfinder</c>=
, the
-Xfce icon theme, xfwm4 window manager themes, <c>terminal</c>, <c>orage<=
/c>, and
-<c>mousepad</c>. Note that the last three will not be installed if you b=
uilt
-<c>xfce4</c> with the <c>minimal</c> USE flag. However, these are all ve=
ry
-small, yet terrific applications, so they're well worth installing.
+We should now <c>emerge</c> some useful applications and utilities:
+<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfprint</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>,
+<c>xfce4-icon-theme</c>, <c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>, <c>mousepad<=
/c>,
+<c>x11-terms/terminal</c>, and <c>thunar</c>.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<c>xfce4-mixer</c> is a volume control for your sound card. It can also =
be run
+as a panel applet, giving you fast access to playback volume. <c>xfprint=
</c>
+provides easy printer management and job control; it's a must if you int=
end to
+do any printing from your desktop. <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a l=
ist of
+all running programs, and the CPU and memory consumption each one takes =
up. By
+right-clicking an item, you can kill a misbehaving application, pause an=
d
+restart it, or even alter its runtime priority, which lets you fine-tune=
 how
+much of a demand it puts on your system's resources.=20
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<c>xfce4-icon-theme</c> and <c>xfwm4-themes</c> add a basic icon theme a=
nd
+several window manager themes, respectively. You may want to add a more
+full-coverage icon theme such as <c>tango-icon-theme</c> just to round o=
ut your
+desktop.
 </p>
=20
 <p>
 <c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>mousepad</c> is a barebones=
 text
-editor that starts up extremely quickly. <c>terminal</c> is far more
-configurable and useful than xterm, and supports Unicode text,
-pseudo-transparency and accelerated transparency via Xfce's built-in
-compositor, all out-of-the-box. Just make sure that the default action o=
n the
+editor that starts up extremely quickly. <c>x11-terms/terminal</c> is an=
 X11
+terminal emulator, far more configurable and useful than the barebones
+<c>xterm</c> supplied with <c>xorg-server</c>. <c>terminal</c> supports =
Unicode
+text, pseudo-transparency and accelerated transparency via Xfce's built-=
in
+compositor, all out-of-the-box.  Just make sure that the default action =
on the
 terminal launcher of your panel runs <path>/usr/bin/Terminal</path> inst=
ead of
 xterm. Right click the launcher and choose "Properties" to change the co=
mmand.
 </p>
=20
 <p>
-<c>thunar</c> is Xfce's built-in graphical file manager. It's fast yet q=
uite
-powerful, can support a few plugins for even more functionality; just in=
stall
+<c>thunar</c> is Xfce's default graphical file manager. It's fast yet qu=
ite
+powerful, can support several plugins for even more functionality; just =
install
 them with <c>emerge</c>. Let's take a look:
 </p>
=20
 <ul>
   <li>
-    <c>thunar-archive</c> lets you create and extract archive files usin=
g the
-    right-click menu. It works even better when paired with the <uri
-    link=3D"http://www.foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/thunar-archive-p=
lugin/">graphical
-    archiving application</uri> developed for Xfce, <c>xarchiver</c>. Ru=
n
-    <c>emerge xarchiver</c> to install it.
+    <c>thunar-archive-plugin</c> lets you create and extract archive fil=
es using
+    the right-click menu. It provides a handy <uri
+    link=3D"http://www.foo-projects.org/~benny/projects/thunar-archive-p=
lugin">front-end</uri>
+    for graphical archiving applications such as <c>xarchiver</c>,
+    <c>squeeze</c>, and <c>file-roller</c>.
   </li>
   <li>
-    <c>thunar-media-tags</c> lets you intelligently rename multiple medi=
a files
-    at once, and lets you <uri
+    <c>thunar-media-tags-plugin</c> lets you intelligently rename multip=
le media
+    files at once, and lets you <uri
     link=3D"http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/projects/thunar-media-tags-plug=
in">edit</uri>
-    their information tags, such as id3 tags.
+    their information tags, such as id3 and ogg tags.
   </li>
   <li>
     <c>thunar-thumbnailers</c> lets you <uri
@@ -295,7 +319,7 @@
 </p>
=20
 <p>
-Though <c>mousepad</c> is nice enough as a quick text editor, if you nee=
d a
+Though <c>mousepad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you nee=
d a
 full-featured word processor but don't want the bloat of OpenOffice, try
 emerging <c>abiword</c>. <uri link=3D"http://www.abisource.com">AbiWord<=
/uri> is
 lighter, faster, and is completely interoperable with industry-standard =
document
@@ -458,6 +482,12 @@
 for your graphics card.
 </p>
=20
+<p>
+Once you've finished setting up a beautiful Xfce desktop, the next thing=
 to do
+is take a picture of it to share with other folks! Just install
+<c>xfce4-screenshooter</c> and post your pictures somewhere for all to a=
dmire.
+</p>
+
 </body>
 </section>
 </chapter>