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2 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><title>SliTaz Handbook (en) - X Window System</title>
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9 <meta name="modified" content="2008-03-01 22:30:00" />
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10 <meta name="publisher" content="www.slitaz.org" />
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11 <meta name="author" content="Christophe Lincoln, Paul Issot" />
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18 <a name="top"></a>
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19 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/doc/handbook/gen-livecd.html">Generate a LiveCD flavor</a> |
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20 <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/doc/handbook/index.html">Table of contents</a>
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22 <h1><font color="#3e1220">SliTaz Handbook (en)</font></h1>
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27 <div class="content-right"></div>
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28
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29 <h2><font color="#df8f06">X Window System</font></h2>
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30
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31 <ul>
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32 <li><a href="#X11">X Window System</a></li>
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33 <li><a href="#slim">Slim</a> - Simple Login Manager</li>
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34 <li><a href="#jwm">JWM</a> - Window Manager</li>
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35 <li><a href="#enlightenment">Enlightenment (e17)</a> - Desktop
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36 environment.</li>
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37 <li><a href="#openbox">Openbox</a> - Window Manager.</li>
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38 <li><a href="#fonts">Fonts</a> - System Fonts</li>
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39 </ul>
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40
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41 <a name="X11"></a>
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42 <h3>X11 - X Window System</h3>
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43 <p>
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44 The X Window System or X11 provides a window manager running on
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45 top of a X server. SliTaz uses by default the lightweight X server called
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46 <code>Xvesa</code> from the Xorg project (<a href="http://www.x.org/">www.x.org</a>).
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47 Xvesa can be started with the Slim login manager or directly from a Linux console
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48 with the command <code>startx</code>, but for this you must first disable the
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49 Login Manager. To reconfigure your X session you can use <code>tazx</code>
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50 as root or as the current user if you start X from the command line.
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51 </p>
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52
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53 <a name="slim"></a>
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54 <h3>Slim - Simple Login Manager</h3>
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55 <p>
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56 Slim is a lightweight session manager that is very easy to configure and is
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57 customizable using system themes. The configuration file is found in
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58 <code>/etc/slim.conf</code>, it defines window managers available via the
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59 <code>F1</code> key, the default user or theme and the X window system parameters.
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60 Slim offers special users commands like <code>console</code> to help manage
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61 the session.
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62 </p>
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63 <p>
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64 In LiveCD mode you can disable Slim with the boot option <code>screen=text</code>.
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65 On an installed system you can remove the package or delete slim from the
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66 <code>RUN_DAEMONS</code> variable in <code>/etc/rcS.conf</code>.
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67 </p>
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68 <p>
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69 More details and themes can be found on the
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70 <a href="http://slim.berlios.de/">website.</a>
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71 </p>
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72 <h4>Default user</h4>
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73 <p>
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74 Slim offers a way to pre-load a user login name, by default hacker is configured
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75 for convenience. You can change this by editing the Slim configuration file
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76 <code>/etc/slim.conf</code> and modifying the line <code>default_user</code> or just
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77 leave the line blank to avoid pre-loading a user name. Example:
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78 </p>
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79 <pre class="script">default_user hacker
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80 </pre>
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81
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82 <a name="jwm"></a>
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83 <h3>JWM - Window manager</h3>
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84 <p>
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85 JWM (Joe's Window Manger) is a lightweight Window Manager, easy to use, fast,
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86 stable and insanely configurable. The menu and theme can all be changed from a
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87 single configuration file found in your home directory: <code>~/.jwmrc</code>,
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88 the file uses XML syntax and the code is nicely colored if you use Geany to
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89 edit it. To add an entry in the menu you can use the following example:
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90 </p>
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91 <pre class="script"> <Program icon="kino.png" label="Kino (Video Editor)">kino</Program>
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92 </pre>
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93 <p>
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94 The <a href="http://www.joewing.net/programs/jwm/config.shtml">JWM Web site</a>
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95 has got more information on how to configure the application to your needs
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96 and preferences.
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97 </p>
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99 <a name="enlightenment"></a>
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100 <h3>Enlightenment (e17)</h3>
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101 <p>
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102 Enlightenment aka e17 is a lightweight and fast desktop environment that can be
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103 configured graphically. To install e17:
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104 </p>
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105 <pre> # tazpkg get-install enlightenment
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106 </pre>
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107 <p>
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108 Logout your current X session, type <code>F1</code> at Slim login and choose
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109 <code>e17</code> to start Enlightenment.
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110 </p>
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111
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112 <a name="openbox"></a>
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113 <h3>Openbox</h3>
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114 <p>
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115 Openbox is a lightweight window manager than can be configured using the obconf
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116 utility. To install openbox:
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117 </p>
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118 <pre> # tazpkg get-install openbox
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119 # tazpkg get-install obconf
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120 </pre>
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121 <p>
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122 Logout your current X session, type <code>F1</code> at Slim login and choose
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123 <code>openbox</code> to start Openbox. To make Openbox your default Window
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124 Manager just type: <code>tazx openbox</code>.
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125 </p>
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126 <p>
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127 Note: you can also use the configuration file <code>menu.xml</code> found
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128 in <code>/etc/xdg/openbox</code> to edit menu items. Here's an example using
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129 Htop:
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130 </p>
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131 <pre class="script"><item label="Htop">
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132 <action name="Execute"><command>xterm -e htop</command></action>
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133 </item>
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134 </pre>
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135 <p>
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136 More information can be found on the
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137 <a href="http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Menus">openbox</a> site.
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138 </p>
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141 <h3>Fonts</h3>
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142 <p>
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143 The management of Fonts (<em>fonts</em>) is powered by the package Fontconfig.
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144 This package provides tools to add, list and manipulate fonts. The <em>fonts</em>
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145 can be installed in user space or at the system level, this means that each user can use his/her own
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146 fonts or the adminstrator (<em>root</em>) can install fonts available to all users of the system.
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147 If you use USB media associated with SliTaz <a href="http://www.slitaz.org/en/doc/handbook/livecd.html">LiveCD</a>,
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148 you can easily install fonts and retain them the next time you use the cdrom.
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149 </p>
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150 <h4>Installing <em>fonts</em></h4>
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151 <p>
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152 At the system level fonts are installed in the directory:
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153 <code>/usr/share/fonts</code>, core SliTaz provides TTF Vera fonts,
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154 they take up little space and are rendered correctly. In user space fonts are found in the hidden
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155 directory: <code>.fonts</code>, this directory should be at the root of user space.
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156 To create a home directory to accomodate new fonts, you can use the graphical window manager emelFM2,
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157 Clex or use the command line:
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158 </p>
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159 <pre> $ mkdir ~/.fonts
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160 </pre>
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162 Once you have installed the fonts you need to run the <code>fc-cache</code> tool to generate
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163 configuration files, this ensures that your <em>fonts</em> are available for use in applications:
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165 <pre> $ fc-cache
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