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 The more obvious way to adjust ''​EDE'''​s behaviour is via the graphical configuration tools (see screenshots below). The more obvious way to adjust ''​EDE'''​s behaviour is via the graphical configuration tools (see screenshots below).
  
-The "Configuration place" ​can be accessed from the menu in the //​settings//​ category.+The **Configuration place** can be accessed from the menu in the //​settings//​ category.
  
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 Set your preferred //terminal emulator//, //file manager//, //browser// and //mail client//. Set your preferred //terminal emulator//, //file manager//, //browser// and //mail client//.
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 +===== Advanced configuration =====
 +
 +You can change a lot of settings for ''​EDE''​ which cannot (yet) be set using a graphical configuration utility. So for now you're stuck with editing configuration files in that case.
 +
 +But that should be no problem, right? At least not when you know what ''​EDE'''​s configuration files are and where they can be found.
 +
 +Just backup your configuration and start exploring what can be done! We'll cover some common examples later.
 +
 +==== User-dependent configuration ====
 +
 +By default, ''​EDE''​ comes with a bundled version of ''​pekwm''​. Configuration files for both are separate.
 +
 +=== Configuring EDE ===
 +
 +''​EDE''​ places configuration files that affect the current user only in the directory **~/​.config/​ede**.
 +
 +As of version 2.1 you can find the following files there:
 +
 +  * ede-desktop-icons.conf
 +  * ede-keyboard.conf
 +  * ede-panel.conf
 +  * ede-settings.conf
 +
 +=== Configuring Pekwm ===
 +
 +''​Pekwm'''​s configuration files can be found in **~/​.pekwm**.
 +
 +Currently there are the following files there:
 +
 +  * autoproperties
 +  * config
 +  * keys
 +  * menu
 +  * mouse
 +  * start
 +  * vars
 +
 +==== System-wide configuration ====
 +
 +Just like the local configuration,​ the global configuration is also split into that of ''​EDE''​ and of ''​pekwm''​.
 +
 +=== Configuring EDE ===
 +
 +The global configuration files for ''​EDE''​ can be found in the two directories **//​${prefix}///​etc/​xdg/​ede** and **//​${prefix}///​etc/​xdg/​menus**. There you can find the following files:
 +
 +  * ede-conf.conf
 +  * ede-settings.conf
 +  * ede-startup.conf
 +
 +and
 +
 +  * ede-applications.menu
 +
 +=== Configuring Pekwm ===
 +
 +Global configuration for ''​pekwm''​ can be found in **//​${prefix}///​etc/​pekwm**. There are files of the same name as in the local configuration directory (which take precedence over the values in the global configuration).
 +
 +There'​s one exception, however. One file is only found in the global config directory:
 +
 +  * autoproperties_typerules
 +
 +==== Some examples ====
 +
 +Here you'll find some typical examples of custom configuration in a "​Q&​A"​-like style.
 +
 +=== I want more/less workspaces! ===
 +
 +This is something that depends on the wm (pekwm by default). You can configure how many workspaces pekwm creates. Simply adjust the file **~/​.pekwm/​config**
 +
 +Look for the following section:
 +
 +  Screen {
 +  Workspaces = "​4"​
 +  WorkspacesPerRow = "​4"​
 +  WorkspaceNames = "​Main;​Web;​E-mail;​Music"​
 +
 +Here you can change how many workspaces are available, how many are in one row and what there names are.
 +
 +=== I don't need some of applets in the panel! ===
 +
 +No problem. Open up **~/​.config/​ede/​ede-panel.conf** with your prefered editor. What you need is the key **applets** in the category **[Panel]**. It's not there by default, just copy the following line in:
 +
 +  applets = start_menu, quick_launch,​ pager, clock, taskbar, keyboard_layout,​ battery_monitor,​ cpu_monitor,​ mem_monitor,​ system_tray
 +
 +This will explicitly add all the applets which are the default. Now feel free to delete the ones which you don't like. They will not be displayed when you start ''​EDE''​ next time.
 +
 +:!: Attention: The order among the applets is currently //fixed//! This is meant to be more flexible in future versions.

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