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Index: index.xml
===================================================================
--- index.xml
+++ index.xml
@@ -37,19 +37,17 @@
<h2>Frequently Asked Questions</h2>
<h3>Contents</h3>
<ol>
- <li><a href="#q01">How to install the Xfce package?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q02">Running Xfce?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q03">Localization?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q04">How to use unified theme wiht GTK3 and GTK2
- applications?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q05">How to launch xfdashboard at start time?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q06">How to change keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Thunar,
- xfce4-terminal)?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q07">How to activate compositor effect?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q08">How to hide item in menu applications?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q09">How to hide panel with full screen
- applications?</a></li>
- <li><a href="#q10">How to disable PulseAudio?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q01">How is Xfce installed?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q02">How is Xfce started?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q03">What about localization?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q04">How can unified thems be used with GTK3 and GTK2?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q05">How can xfdashboard be lauched at startup?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q06">How can keyboard shortcuts be changed for programs
+ like Thunar and xfce4-terminal?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q07">How is compositing enabled?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q08">How can menu items be hidden?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q09">How can the panel be hidden with fullscreen applications?</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#q10">How can PulseAudio be disabled?</a></li>
</ol>
<h3>Full text</h3>
@@ -56,9 +54,9 @@
<ol>
<li>
<a name="q01"></a>
- <h4>How to install the Xfce package?</h4>
+ <h4>How is Xfce installed?</h4>
- <p>There are two ways to install <strong>Xfce</strong>. One way is to
+ <p>There are two ways to install Xfce. One way is to
use pkg(8) utility:</p>
<pre># pkg install xfce4</pre>
@@ -67,18 +65,16 @@
href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pkgng-intro.html">FreeBSD
Handbook</a>.</p>
- <p>The other way, is to use <a
+ <p>The other way is to use <a
href="../doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">ports</a>:</p>
- <pre>
-# cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4
-# make install clean
- </pre>
+ <pre># cd /usr/ports/x11-wm/xfce4
+# make install clean</pre>
</li>
<li>
<a name="q02"></a>
- <h4>Running Xfce?</h4>
+ <h4>How is Xfce started</h4>
<p>There are several different ways to start Xfce:</p>
@@ -92,16 +88,12 @@
<p><strong>Note:</strong> <tt>x11-wm/xfce4-session</tt> already
provides this file.</p>
- <pre>
-% cp /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc
- </pre>
+ <pre>% cp /usr/local/etc/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc ~/.xinitrc</pre>
<p>Using <tt>startx</tt> or Xdm, <tt>.xsession</tt> file is also
required.</p>
- <pre>
-% ln -sf ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession
- </pre>
+ <pre>% ln -sf ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession</pre>
<p>If you would like to use Xdm, you must apply the following <a
href="dot.xinitrc.diff">patch</a>. It's well known bug (<a
@@ -109,14 +101,12 @@
<a
href="https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=191296">PR191296</a>).</p>
- <pre>
-% patch --posix < dot.xinitrc.diff
- </pre>
+ <pre>% patch --posix < dot.xinitrc.diff</pre>
</li>
<li>
<a name="q03"></a>
- <h4>Localization?</h4>
+ <h4>What about localization?</h4>
<p>Xfce supports differents languages (internationalization). Even
if you have already <a
@@ -130,14 +120,12 @@
<p>For instance, for French users using latin-9 encoding, these
environments variables will be defined like that:</p>
- <pre>
-#!/bin/sh
+ <pre>#!/bin/sh
export LANG="fr_FR.ISO8859-15"
export LC_CTYPE="fr_FR.ISO8859-15"
-[...]
- </pre>
+[...]</pre>
<p>Users with no UTF-8 encoding, must also define new variable,
<tt>G_FILENAME_ENCODING</tt> (avoid warning in some GTK
@@ -145,8 +133,7 @@
<p>Add following lines in your <tt>.xinitrc</tt>.</p>
- <pre>
-[...]
+ <pre>[...]
# set $G_FILENAME_ENCODING to @locale and/or UTF-8.
if test "x$G_FILENAME_ENCODING" = "x"; then
@@ -154,20 +141,17 @@
export G_FILENAME_ENCODING
fi
-[...]
- </pre>
+[...]</pre>
</li>
<li>
<a name="q04"></a>
- <h4>How to use unified theme wiht GTK3 and GTK2 applications?</h4>
+ <h4>How can unified themes be used with GTK3 and GTK2 applications?</h4>
<p>Install <tt>x11-themes/gnome-themes-standard</tt>, and change
value of <tt>/Net/ThemeName</tt> property:</p>
- <pre>
-% xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -t string -s Adwaita
- </pre>
+ <pre>% xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -t string -s Adwaita</pre>
<p>Or use <tt>xfce4-appearance-settings</tt>.</p>
</li>
@@ -174,7 +158,7 @@
<li>
<a name="q05"></a>
- <h4>How to launch xfdashboard at start time?</h4>
+ <h4>How can xfdashboard be lauched at startup?</h4>
<p><tt>Xfdashboard</tt> comes from <tt>x11/xfce4-dashboard</tt>.</p>
@@ -185,9 +169,7 @@
<p>Or copy <tt>xfdashboard-autostart.desktop</tt> file in your own
<tt>autostart/</tt> directory (make sure it exists).</p>
- <pre>
-% cp /usr/local/etc/xdg/autostart/xfdashboard-autostart.desktop ~/.config/autostart
- </pre>
+ <pre>% cp /usr/local/etc/xdg/autostart/xfdashboard-autostart.desktop ~/.config/autostart</pre>
<p>Now, you can define keyboard shortcut. Launch
<tt>xfce4-keyboard-settings</tt>, and go to <strong>Application
@@ -196,22 +178,18 @@
<li>
<a name="q06"></a>
- <h4>How to change keyboard shortcuts (e.g., Thunar,
- xfce4-terminal)?</h4>
+ <h4>How can keyboard shortcuts be changed for programs like Thunar
+ and xfce4-terminal?</h4>
<p><tt>/Gtk/CanChangeAccels</tt> must be enabled.</p>
<p>To check its value:</p>
- <pre>
-% xfconf-query -c xettings -p /Gtk/CanChangeAccels
- </pre>
+ <pre>% xfconf-query -c xettings -p /Gtk/CanChangeAccels</pre>
<p>If it is <strong>false</strong>, value must be changed.</p>
- <pre>
-% xfconf-query -c xettings -p /Gtk/CanChangeAccels -T
- </pre>
+ <pre>% xfconf-query -c xettings -p /Gtk/CanChangeAccels -T</pre>
<p>When item menu is active (highlighted), by passing the mouse
over, you can directly define new keyboard shortcuts.</p>
@@ -219,7 +197,7 @@
<li>
<a name="q07"></a>
- <h4>How to activate compositor effect?</h4>
+ <h4>How is compositing enabled?</h4>
<p>Launch <tt>xfwm4-tweaks-settings</tt>, and go to
<strong>Compositor</strong> tab.</p>
@@ -226,21 +204,16 @@
<p>Or change value of <tt>/general/use_compositing</tt>:</p>
- <pre>
-% xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -t bool -s true
- </pre>
+ <pre>% xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -t bool -s true</pre>
<p>Or</p>
-
-
- <pre>
-% xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -T
- </pre>
+
+ <pre>% xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/use_compositing -T</pre>
</li>
<li>
<a name="q08"></a>
- <h4>How to hide item in menu applications?</h4>
+ <h4>How can menu items be hidden?</h4>
<p>Launch <tt>xfce4-appfinder</tt> and right click on one item (in right
pane), then select <strong>Hidden</strong>.</p>
@@ -248,15 +221,12 @@
<li>
<a name="q09"></a>
- <h4>How to hide panel with full screen applications?</h4>
+ <h4>How can the panel be hidden with fullscreen applications?</h4>
<p>Sometime, when applications are in full screen mode, panels are
not hidden. You can change value of <tt>disable-struts</tt>.</p>
- <pre>
-% xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-<em>id</em>/disable-struts \
--n -t bool -s true
- </pre>
+ <pre>% xfconf-query -c xfce4-panel -p /panels/panel-<em>id</em>/disable-struts -n -t bool -s true</pre>
<p>Where <em>id</em> is integer (usually 0 or 1).</p>
</li>
@@ -263,20 +233,16 @@
<li>
<a name="q10"></a>
- <h4>How to disable PulseAudio?</h4>
+ <h4>How can PulseAudio be disabled?</h4>
<p>In <tt>~/.config/pulse/client.conf</tt> file replace these lines:</p>
- <pre>
-; autospawn = yes
-; daemon-binary = /usr/local/bin/pulseaudio
- </pre>
+ <pre>; autospawn = yes
+; daemon-binary = /usr/local/bin/pulseaudio</pre>
<p>By</p>
- <pre>
-autospawn = no
-daemon-binary =
- </pre>
+ <pre>autospawn = no
+daemon-binary =</pre>
</li>
</ol>
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