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- | ''EDE'' can be configured in many aspects. | ||
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- | You don't like the default behaviour of something? Don't panic! There's a good chance that you can change it. (And if you really can't, feel free to post a feature request on the [[http://bugs.equinox-project.org|bug tracker]]!) | ||
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- | ===== Graphical configuration ===== | ||
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- | The more obvious way to adjust ''EDE'''s behaviour is via the graphical configuration tools (see screenshots below). | ||
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- | The **Configuration place** can be accessed from the menu in the //settings// category. | ||
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- | {{wiki: config1.png}} | ||
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- | It provides six tools to customize ''EDE'' to your liking. These should be pretty self-explanatory. | ||
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- | {{wiki: config2.png}} | ||
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- | ==== Background and icons ==== | ||
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- | Here you can change the //background colour// or set a //wallpaper//, change //icon properties// and //fonts//. | ||
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- | ==== Screensaver ==== | ||
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- | This tool lets you configure a //screensaver//. | ||
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- | ==== Time and date ==== | ||
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- | Displays a //calendar// and a //clock//. | ||
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- | ==== System bell ==== | ||
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- | Provides //volume control//. | ||
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- | ==== Keyboard ==== | ||
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- | Lets you choose a //keyboard layout// for your country. | ||
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- | ==== Preferred applications ==== | ||
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- | Set your preferred //terminal emulator//, //file manager//, //browser// and //mail client//. | ||
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- | ===== Advanced configuration ===== | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | Just backup your configuration and start exploring what can be done! We'll cover some common examples later. | ||
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- | ==== User-dependent configuration ==== | ||
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- | By default, ''EDE'' comes with a bundled version of ''pekwm''. Configuration files for both are separate. | ||
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- | === Configuring EDE === | ||
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- | ''EDE'' places configuration files that affect the current user only in the directory **~/.config/ede**. | ||
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- | As of version 2.1 you can find the following files there: | ||
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- | * ede-desktop-icons.conf | ||
- | * ede-keyboard.conf | ||
- | * ede-panel.conf | ||
- | * ede-settings.conf | ||
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- | === Configuring Pekwm === | ||
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- | ''Pekwm'''s configuration files can be found in **~/.pekwm**. | ||
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- | Currently there are the following files there: | ||
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- | * autoproperties | ||
- | * config | ||
- | * keys | ||
- | * menu | ||
- | * mouse | ||
- | * start | ||
- | * vars | ||
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- | ==== System-wide configuration ==== | ||
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- | Just like the local configuration, the global configuration is also split into that of ''EDE'' and of ''pekwm''. | ||
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- | === Configuring EDE === | ||
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- | 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: | ||
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- | * ede-conf.conf | ||
- | * ede-settings.conf | ||
- | * ede-startup.conf | ||
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- | and | ||
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- | * ede-applications.menu | ||
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- | === Configuring Pekwm === | ||
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- | 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). | ||
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- | There's one exception, however. One file is only found in the global config directory: | ||
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- | * autoproperties_typerules | ||
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- | ==== Some examples ==== | ||
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- | Here you'll find some typical examples of custom configuration in a "Q&A"-like style. | ||
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- | === I want more/less workspaces! === | ||
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- | 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** | ||
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- | Look for the following section: | ||
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- | Screen { | ||
- | Workspaces = "4" | ||
- | WorkspacesPerRow = "4" | ||
- | WorkspaceNames = "Main;Web;E-mail;Music" | ||
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- | Here you can change how many workspaces are available, how many are in one row and what there names are. | ||