SliTaz Handbook (en)

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Graphics and Image management

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Gcolor2 - Color selector.
Gimp - Manipulate and create images.
GQview - Images manager.
jpeg - JPEG command line tools.
mtPaint - Image processing.

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Gcolor2 - Select and manage colors

+Gcolor2 is a tool to select and retain palette colors. It can be useful for the creation of SliTaz themes +for example. It can be found in the Graphics category or run from the command line: +

 $ gcolor2 &
+

+ + +

Gimp - Manipulate and create images

+The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation) is software that can manipulate images to a high quality level. +It allows you to do what you would expect from an application that processes images, ie layers, filters, +support scripts adding functionality etc. GIMP supports a large number of image formats such as: +PNG, JPEG, XPM, PPM, TIFF, PostScript, PSD, it also offers it's own XCF format. To install GIMP: +

 # tazpkg get-install gimp
+

+GIMP is scalable and can be configured with the main interface - configuration files, brushes and personal +scripts are located in the ~/.gimp-2.2 directory. +

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GQview - Images manager

+GQview is very light and quick and allows you to navigate rapidly between images by selecting files +in your directory tree with a single mouse click. It supports slideshows, image rotation, adding +keywords and tags, drag and drop and can display EXIF data. It also allows you to edit images +in the software of your choice (Mtpaint, GIMP for example). To install GQview: +

 # tazpkg get-install gqview
+

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jpeg - JPEG command line tools

+To allow applications that use JPEG to function, linked libraries must be provided by the package +jpeg-6b, this package also contains some tiny utilities that can be used on the command +line such as cjpeg and djpeg. To modify JPEG images on the command line you +can also use jpegtran, installed by default on SliTaz, jpegtran allows you to +rotate images via the -rotate option. To find out all of the options available for these +tools, just specify the --help option. Example: +

 $ cjpeg --help
+

+ + +

mtPaint - Image processing

+mtPaint is an application for the creation and retouching of PNG, TIFF, +XPM and BMP images. It offers many simple, lightweight, fast functions like +capture screen (screenshot) which you can access via the menu --> Graphics --> +Grab screenshot, or by simply typing the following: +

 $ mtpaint -s
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LiveCD usage - How to boot and set options at the command prompt.

Installation - HD install instructions.

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Applications

Utilities - Calculator, Text editor, Create + CD/DVDs and ISOs.
Office - Word processor, Personal organiser and + PDF reader.
Graphics - Computer graphics and Image + management.

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System

Packages - Install more software, keep system up-to-date.
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Office
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- Abiword - Word Processor.
- Osmo - Personal Organiser.
- SQLite - Tiny SQL Database engine.
- ePDFView - Lightweight PDF viewer.
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Abiword - Word Processor
+
+Abiword is a word processor application rich in features. It contains fast, simple, intuitive lightweight tools +and proposes the proper format (.abw), supporting Open Office and Microsoft Word documents, it can also export to PDF or +HTML. To install Abiword on SliTaz just run: +
+
```
 # tazpkg get-install abiword
+
```
+ + +
Osmo - Personal Organiser
+
+Osmo is a small personal organiser providing a timetable and a list of tasks and contacts with the +possibility of opening them directly in a web browser via a URL or a mail client using an email address. +Osmo also offers a calender, a date calculator and the ability to take notes classified by day. If +you use USB media associated with the LiveCD, it will even retain your data for you. On an installed +system, you can syncronize data with USB media by using Grsync. Osmo keeps it's data in the +hidden folder ~/.osmo. +
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SQLite - Tiny SQL Database engine
+
+SQLite is a small relational SQL database engine whose entire database is stored in a single file, +it's fast, powerful, speeds applications and implements most of the SQL92 standard. SQLite is ideal +for managing small websites, while requiring minimal deployment. The official website for the project is: +http://www.sqlite.org/ +
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ePDFView - Lightweight PDF viewer
+
+To view PDF documents, SliTaz uses the epdfview package, this provides a fast, simple, easy to use +PDF viewer. ePDFview uses GTK + and the rendering library poppler, this enables you to view, move from page to +page, search or navigate the index. +
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+ Copyright © 2008 SliTaz - + GNU General Public License;
+ Documentation is under + GNU Free Documentation License + and code is valid xHTML 1.0. +
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Utilities
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- Bc - Calculator.
- Cdrkit - Burn and manipulate CD/DVD-R or RW.
- Nano - GNU nano, default text editor.
- LeafPad - Lightweight GTK+ editor.
- ISO Master - Edit ISO images.
- Xpad - Mini note-taking application.
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Calculator
+
+Simple mathematical operations can be done with the text mode calculator bc. Open a terminal and directly type +bc, to exit, simply type quit: +
+
```
 $ bc
+ 23+45 <ENTER>
+ 68
+
+ quit
+
```
+ + +
Cdrkit - Burn and manipulate CD/DVD-R or RW
+
+To burn and handle CD/DVD-R or RW, SliTaz provides the Cdrkit utility +and a graphical interface burnbox which you will find in the menu. +The tools in wodim make it possible to burn CD/DVD and erase +CD/DVD-RW. When used with genisoimage, it can also create images in the +ISO 9660 format. Burning on the command line requires us to know the device/writer (dev) +name and wodim provides several possibilities to know which drive to use and specify it when burning +to optical media. If you run wodim with the -devices option, it will automatically +search for a good device and display it, the -checkdrive option allows you to check the +recognized device and -scanbus will display in relation to the system bus. +Examples (as root): +
+
```
 # wodim -devices
+ Or:
+ # wodim -checkdrive
+ For the bus: # wodim -scanbus
+
```
+
Create an ISO 9660 image
+
+To burn data on to a CD/DVD, you must first have an ISO image. To begin we must create a directory to +contain all the files to be burnt, you can copy your files on the command line with cp, +the file manager Clex or graphically with emelFM2. To create a directory named iso/ +in the root of user space and copy all the files contained in Documents/: +
+
```
 $ mkdir ~/iso
+ $ cp -a Documents/* ~/iso
+
```
+
+Create an ISO image named image.iso, using the genisoimage tool and +specify the root directory containing the files to be included in the ISO: +
+
```
 $ genisoimage -o image.iso ~/iso
+
```
+
+Note that there are many options that you can use to create ISOs, one of the most widely used is the +extension -R, signifying Rock ridge, this allows the use of names of up to 255 characters, +it also supports symlinks and file permissions. To see all the available options, +simply type -help. Example of creating an ISO image using the -R option: +
+
```
 $ genisoimage -o image.iso -R ~/iso
+
```
+
Burn an ISO image
+
+To burn an ISO image in the 9660 format either created by yourself or downloaded from the web, +you must use wodim specifying the proper device (dev) to burn +the CD/DVD. Example using the verbose mode (-v), with the device hdc +and data contained in an ISO image named image.iso: +
+
```
 # wodim -v dev=/dev/hdc image.iso
+
```
+
+Another example setting the (speed) to burn as 8x : +
+
```
 # wodim -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdc image.iso
+
```
+
Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW
+
+You can quickly erase a CD-RW/DVD-RW using wodim with the blank=fast option. Example using the +device hdc in verbose mode: +
+
```
 # wodim -v blank=fast dev=/dev/hdc 
+
```
+
+Or you can have a full erase using the blank=all option (this will take a bit longer): +
+
```
 # wodim -v blank=all dev=/dev/hdc 
+
```
+ + +
Nano
+
+The default text editor in SliTaz is nano. Once launched you can use <Ctrl + g> for the help menu. +To start nano, you can type nano from a console, a xterm terminal, or from the menu +--> Editors --> Nano. +
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+The initialization file is /etc/nanorc, it includes the files of colored syntax found in /usr/share/nano. +The user configuration file is ~/nanorc. To edit a file directly, just launch nano proceeded by the name of the +file. Example (<Ctrl+x> to save & quit): +
+
```
 $ nano Templates/script-shell.sh
+
```
+ + +
LeafPad
+
+Leafpad is an ultra light and quick graphical text editor, handy for taking notes or editing configuration +files. You will find it in the menu or you can run it directly on a file via a terminal: +
+
```
 $ leafpad Templates/script-shell.sh
+
```
+ + +
ISO Master - Create and edit ISOs
+
+ISO Master is a graphical tool allowing you to edit, manipulate and create ISO images which you can later store +and burn, It's simple and intuitive and lets you create ISO images the size you want. +
+
+Site Web : http://littlesvr.ca/isomaster/ +
+ + +
Xpad - Mini note-taking application
+
+Xpad is a small application that can take quick notes via a 'sticky note' displayed on the desktop. Each +consists of a note pad that you can hide and customise via a right click on the window in question. +Once launched you can close Xpad via the dock located on the window manager taskbar. The notes are stored in your directory +and are available at each session (if you use USB media with the LiveCD or on an installed system). +
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+ Copyright © 2008 SliTaz - + GNU General Public License;
+ Documentation is under + GNU Free Documentation License + and code is valid xHTML 1.0. +
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SliTaz Handbook (en)

Graphics and Image management

Gcolor2 - Select and manage colors

Gimp - Manipulate and create images

GQview - Images manager

jpeg - JPEG command line tools

mtPaint - Image processing

Applications

System

SliTaz Handbook (en)

Office

Abiword - Word Processor

Osmo - Personal Organiser

SQLite - Tiny SQL Database engine

ePDFView - Lightweight PDF viewer

SliTaz Handbook (en)

Utilities

Calculator

Cdrkit - Burn and manipulate CD/DVD-R or RW

Create an ISO 9660 image

Burn an ISO image

Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW

Nano

LeafPad

ISO Master - Create and edit ISOs

Xpad - Mini note-taking application