* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: xfce-config.xml
@ 2011-01-23 7:28 99% Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2011-01-23 7:28 UTC (permalink / raw
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nightmorph 11/01/23 07:28:31
Modified: xfce-config.xml
Log:
update xfce guide for 4.8 stuff, still waiting on a full list of package drops/suggested replacements, but this should be good in the mean time
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1.34 xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml
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retrieving revision 1.33
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diff -u -r1.33 -r1.34
--- xfce-config.xml 31 Aug 2010 18:06:31 -0000 1.33
+++ xfce-config.xml 23 Jan 2011 07:28:31 -0000 1.34
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.33 2010/08/31 18:06:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/xfce-config.xml,v 1.34 2011/01/23 07:28:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>The Xfce Configuration Guide</title>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>1.28</version>
-<date>2010-08-31</date>
+<version>2</version>
+<date>2011-01-22</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -66,34 +66,11 @@
<p>
Next, double-check your USE flags in <path>/etc/make.conf</path>; you'll
probably at least want <c>USE="-gnome -kde -minimal -qt4 branding dbus
-hal jpeg lock session startup-notification thunar X"</c>.
+jpeg lock session startup-notification thunar udev X"</c>.
</p>
<p>
-There's also another variable you can set in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> called
-XFCE_PLUGINS. This variable controls additional Xfce plugins for the panel. You
-can enable all of the plugins by adding <c>XFCE_PLUGINS="brightness menu
-trash</c> to <path>/etc/make.conf</path>. Here's a brief summary of the
-plugins:
-</p>
-
-<dl>
- <dt>brightness</dt>
- <dd>
- Lets you add a screen brightness applet to your panel, once you have
- installed <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>
- </dd>
- <dt>menu</dt>
- <dd>Lets you add a program menu to your panel</dd>
- <dt>trash</dt>
- <dd>
- Lets you add a Trash can to the panel. The Trash allows you to quickly
- delete files or recover them.
- </dd>
-</dl>
-
-<p>
-Now that you've set your <c>USE</c> and <c>XFCE_PLUGINS</c> variables in
+Now that you've set your <c>USE</c> variables in
<path>/etc/make.conf</path>, it's time to install Xfce.
</p>
@@ -103,8 +80,8 @@
<p>
Next, add your regular user(s) to the <c>plugdev</c>, <c>cdrom</c>, <c>cdrw</c>,
-and <c>usb</c> groups, so that they can take full advantage of <c>hal</c> and be
-able to mount and use devices such as cameras, optical drives, and USB sticks.
+and <c>usb</c> groups, so that they can mount and use devices such as cameras,
+optical drives, and USB sticks.
</p>
<pre caption="Adding users to the hardware groups">
@@ -121,15 +98,6 @@
</pre>
<p>
-Now start up <c>hald</c> and add it to the default runlevel:
-</p>
-
-<pre caption="Starting hald">
-# <i>/etc/init.d/hald start</i>
-# <i>rc-update add hald default</i>
-</pre>
-
-<p>
You'll also need a graphical terminal so that you can continue working with your
new desktop environment. <c>x11-terms/terminal</c> is a good choice, as it's
made specifically for Xfce. Install Terminal as shown:
@@ -290,20 +258,19 @@
<p>
We should now <c>emerge</c> some useful applications and utilities:
-<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfprint</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>,
-<c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>, <c>mousepad</c>, <c>xfce4-power-manager</c>,
-<c>x11-terms/terminal</c>, and <c>thunar</c>.
+<c>xfce4-mixer</c>, <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c>, <c>xfwm4-themes</c>, <c>orage</c>,
+<c>leafpad</c>, <c>xfce4-power-manager</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 intend to
-do any printing from your desktop. <c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a list 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 and
-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.
+as a panel applet, giving you fast access to playback volume.
+<c>xfce4-taskmanager</c> displays a list 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 and 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.
</p>
<p>
@@ -313,7 +280,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-<c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>mousepad</c> is a barebones text
+<c>orage</c> is a simple, handy calendar. <c>leafpad</c> is a barebones text
editor that starts up extremely quickly.
</p>
@@ -354,15 +321,8 @@
<c>squeeze</c>, and <c>file-roller</c>.
</li>
<li>
- <c>thunar-media-tags-plugin</c> lets you intelligently rename multiple media
- files at once, and lets you <uri
- link="http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/projects/thunar-media-tags-plugin">edit</uri>
- their information tags, such as id3 and ogg tags.
- </li>
- <li>
- <c>thunar-thumbnailers</c> lets you <uri
- link="http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/thunar-plugins/thunar-thumbnailers">preview</uri>
- certain types of files from within Thunar, such as images and fonts.
+ <c>tumbler</c> lets you preview certain types of files from within Thunar,
+ such as images and fonts.
</li>
<li>
<c>thunar-volman</c> automatically <uri
@@ -377,7 +337,7 @@
</p>
<p>
-Though <c>mousepad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you need a
+Though <c>leafpad</c> is nice enough as a basic text editor, if you need a
full-featured word processor but don't want the bloat of OpenOffice, try
emerging <c>abiword</c>. <uri link="http://www.abisource.com">AbiWord</uri> is
lighter, faster, and is completely interoperable with industry-standard document
@@ -405,7 +365,7 @@
<p>
Finally, you'll need a webbrowser. Nearly all graphical webbrowsers require more
resources than most of your other desktop applications. Still, <c>firefox</c>
-(or <c>firefox-bin</c>) is always a good choice. Alternatively, you may find
+and <c>midori</c> are always good choices. Alternatively, you may find
<c>opera</c> to be quite fast. However, <c>opera</c> is not available on as many
processor architectures as <c>firefox</c>, and it has more dependencies unless
you override them with a few USE flags.
@@ -414,6 +374,8 @@
<pre caption="Adding a webbrowser">
<comment>(Installing Mozilla Firefox)</comment>
# <i>emerge firefox</i>
+<comment>(Installing Midori)</comment>
+# <i>emerge midori</i>
<comment>(Installing Opera)</comment>
# <i>echo "www-client/opera gtk -kde" >> /etc/portage/package.use</i>
# <i>emerge opera</i>
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