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$OpenBSD: README,v 1.5 2011/06/02 13:41:42 ajacoutot Exp $
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| Running ${FULLPKGNAME} on OpenBSD
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Tips and tricks for a pleasant Xfce desktop environment experience
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==================================================================
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Installation
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In order to have a basic Xfce desktop, you should install the
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following core packages (this will install the required libraries):
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$ sudo pkg_add xfce-utils xfce4-panel xfce4-session xfdesktop xfwm4
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You should also install some basic theme packages:
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$ sudo pkg_add xfwm4-themes gtk-xfce-engine
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And some cool xfce-companion apps for a nicer desktop:
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$ sudo pkg_add xfce4-terminal orage ristretto mousepad
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xfce4-appfinder xfce4-mixer xfce4-notifyd xfprint tumbler
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Finally, have a look at available panel plugins here:
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http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/start
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And make your choice from plugins available in the ports-tree.
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If you want the one-line comment for each port, just do:
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$ cd /usr/ports/x11/xfce4 && make show=COMMENT
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Startup
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Xfce desktop environment is launched through the 'startxfce4' script,
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provided by the xfce-utils package. Simply add
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'${LOCALBASE}/bin/startxfce4'
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to your .xinitrc/.xsession script if you use startx, xdm or slim.
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If you use gdm or kdm, have a look at
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http://wiki.xfce.org/faq#starting_xfce. An xfce4.desktop file is
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provided for use by gdm.
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logging out and shutting down the computer
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If your installation supports complete shutdown, clicking on the logout
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button on panel will permit you to either logout, rebooting or halt
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the computer, provided you have the needed sudo credentials.
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If you don't want to have to enter your password, simply add this line
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to the /etc/sudoers file using visudo:
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$your_username ALL=NOPASSWD: ${TRUEPREFIX}/libexec/xfsm-shutdown-helper
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Thunar file manager tips
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Thunar can display resizable svg icons if you install the librsvg
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package. A nice svg icon theme is provided by the tango-icon-theme
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package. If you want to browse samba shares using GVfs, you'll need to
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install gvfs-smb package.
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You can have a look at hotplugd(8) if you want some kind of auto-mount
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feature in thunar, provided natively by gudev on Linux and FreeBSD.
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Also, see http://thunar.xfce.org/pwiki/documentation/faq.
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Desktop/Applications menu
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The desktop menu is compliant to freedesktop.org specifications, and
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can be edited using GNOME's alacarte. The menu will be saved in
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~/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu
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Terminal, special characters and localized applications
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If you use a particular non-ascii encoding and have problems seeing
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special characters in terminal (like accentued characters in french),
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you should add this line to your .xinitrc/.xsession before startxfce4:
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export LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.ISO8859-15
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where LC_CTYPE is defined this way (thanks benny) :
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http://foo-projects.org/pipermail/xfce4-dev/2006-July/020680.html
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Similarly, if you want localized applications, add this line too:
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export LC_MESSAGES=fr
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where 'fr' is your language tag.
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More generally, http://wiki.xfce.org/faq and http://wiki.xfce.org/tips
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are the best resources for user-level documentation.
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