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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=front background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<img src=E_logo.png x=32 y=64>
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<font face=rothwell/25 color=#ffffff>
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<p align=50%>
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<br>
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Enlightenment<br>
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0.16 devel snap
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Topics:<br>
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<br>
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_About(about)<br>
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_Credits(credits)<br>
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_Website(web)<br>
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_IRC(irc)<br>
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_Email(email)<br>
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<br>
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_Tutorial(tut)<br>
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_Interactive_Hints(INPUT.interactive.sh)<br>
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<br>
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<font face=aircut3/10 color=#ffffff>
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Please read the tutorial if you are new to Enlightenment or just upgraded as
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there may be new features you may be missing out on.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=about background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p align=50%>
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Enlightenment is your Window Manager. The Window Manager controls the
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appearance of the borders of your windows, their behavior and
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all user interaction with positioning, killing, resizing, moving, iconifying,
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shading etc. your windows, virtual desktops, multiple desktops, menus attached
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to windows and some root window menus and can also control the background
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of your desktop(s).
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It is a large and complex program and is by no means perfect, but it is being
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worked on and is as stable as possible. It has many advanced features as well
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as possibly missing some features. This version (0.15.5) is by no means the
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end of development and improvements, fixes and new exciting features are
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being worked on all the time. Please go and visit the _Web(web) site often,
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as new versions, fixes, patches and updates will be released.
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It is hoped you enjoy using this software and that it is of benefit to you.
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It might not be for everyone, but if it has made your day any better than it
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was it has done more than enough already.
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<page columns=2 padding=16 name=credits background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<p>
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Enlightenment has been written by:<br>
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<br>
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The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler)<br>
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Mandrake (Geoff Harrison)<br>
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Chutt (Isaac Richards)<br>
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Sung-Hyun Nam<br>
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Kimball Thurston<br>
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Michael Kellen<br>
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Frederic Devernay<br>
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Felix Bellaby<br>
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Michael Jennings (KainX)<br>
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Christian Kreibich<br>
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Peter Kjellerstedt<br>
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Troy Pesola<br>
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Owen Taylor<br>
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<br>
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And many others.
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<p>
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A big thanks to several companies that helped support Enlightenment.
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2rad Networks (www.2rad.net) for providing servers and bandwidth to run the
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Enlightenment web site.
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Red Hat Software (www.redhat.com) for allowing developers resources and time
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to work on Enlightenment.
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VA Linux Systems (www.linux.com) for providing hardware, bandwidth and coke.
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Xi Graphics (www.xig.com) for providing Xservers.
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<p>
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Not only should these people be thanked, but the whole E community - those on
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the E mailing list, on #E on IRC on EFnet and all E users who have provided
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feedback and debugging information, bug-fixes, patches and support. A big
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thanks goes out to all of you who make a project like this possible.
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<p>
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In addition people should be aware that E makes use of other projects - such
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as XFree86, Imlib, Esound, Freetype and many others, The people working on
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projects that provide infrastructure that E can use and build on should not
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be forgotten.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=web background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<p align=50%>
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For updated information on Enlightenment, development, bug-fixes, snapshots of
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development versions etc. please visit:
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<font face=rothwell/30 color=#ccdddd>
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http://www.enlightenment.org/
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p align=50%>
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You may want to visit this site often as it changes
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regularly with fixes and development releases -- also visiting the
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daily-snapshots section
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on the FTP site is a good idea (see the snapshots section on the website for
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more information).
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=irc background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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There is an Official Enlightenment IRC channel where you can go and "hang out"
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if you want - talk to other E users, developers, get some help, drool
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together, or whatever. #E will kill me for this but get onto any EFnet irc
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server (irc.efnet.org) then join #E. An example:
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BitchX your_nick irc.efnet.org<br>
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<br>
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or<br>
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<br>
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irc your_nick irc.efnet.org<br>
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<br>
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or use your favorite graphical IRC client.
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<p>
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Please remember that it can get busy with 100's of people talking at once and
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not everyone is actually listening all the time or are in the middle of a
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conversation - be polite and patient, and have a sense of humor and you'll
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have fun.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=email background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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There is a mailing-list for Enlightenment.If you wish to take part in general
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and development related discussions concerning Enlightenment you can join
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by mailing:
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e-develop-request@rasterman.com
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<p>
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and put only one word in your body of the mail:
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subscribe
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This should subscribe you to the mailing list. If you are only interested in
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announcements, please mail your subscribe request as above to:
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e-announce-request@rasterman.com
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<p>
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instead.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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This small tutorial is intended to take you step by step through Enlightenment
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and its default setup, how to use it, modify settings, and put it to use for
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you. When you have finished reading each page please press the NEXT button on
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the top of this window to go to the next page.
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<p>
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If you are reading this right now you have managed to get Enlightenment itself
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installed correctly and are either running Enlightenment for the first time or
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have just upgraded to a new version. Congratulations. Now it's time to take
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you on a quick tour of the desktop you will have before you.
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<p>
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Please remember that if you use a theme other than the default (Brushed Metal)
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that is may look slightly or completely different to the contents of this
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tutorial. Some behavior may also vary.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut2 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<img src=E_screen_start.png x=16 y=16>
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<p>
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Now that you have started Enlightenment, if you are using it for your desktop
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shell, your screen should look something like the image here on the left.
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<p>
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Across the whole top of the screen you will see a bar with arrows pointing
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up and down on the left and right ends. This is your desktop
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_Dragbar(dragbar) .
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On the bottom-left you'll see 3 boxes. The top box with the scrollbar attached
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will be your _Iconbox(iconbox) .
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<p>
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The other 2 boxes below are _Pagers(pager) for desktops 0 and 1. Everything
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else is your desktop background.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut3 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<img src=E_app_menu.png x=350 y=48>
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<p>
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When you click with your left mouse button on the desktop background you will
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see an "Applications" menu appear (example displayed on the right here).
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Applications you may have installed will appear in this menu. To launch one
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of them simply select it from the menu.
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<p>
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Note: Menus in Enlightenment work like most menu systems. You can either hold
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down the mouse button and navigate with the button down, releasing on the
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selection you want, or release elsewhere to not select anything, or you can
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quickly click and release then navigate just by moving the mouse, and clicking
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again on the item you wish to select, or eslewhere if you do not wish to
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select an entry.
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<p>
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If you wish to "stick" a menu up and leave it up so you can select items from
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it multiple times, clcik and hold down the mouse and release on the title of
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the menu (if it has a title) and it will remain up. You can move it and
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manipulate it like a normal window. Close the window to unstick the menu.
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<p>
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut4 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<img src=E_settings_menu.png x=285 y=275>
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<img src=E_enlightenment_menu.png x=4 y=30>
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<p>
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You will also find that instead of using the left mouse button, you click the
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right mouse button, a menu with the title "Settings" will appear. This is
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Enlightenment's settings menu. From it you can select what parts of your
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desktop that Enlightenment controls to customise and make more ameniable to
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your own needs.
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<p>
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When you select one of these _settings(settings) a dialog window will appear
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giving you options to configure that part of Enlightenment.
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<p>
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Clicking the middle button on the desktop background will display
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Enlightenment's main menu. You can access the other menus plus more options
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(including those to log out, restart and display Help information) from this
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menu.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut5 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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You will also find that holding down the ALT key whilst clicking the middle
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mouse button will bring up a menu with the titles of all currently active
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application windows. Selecting one of these will take you to that application.
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By using the CTRL key instead of ALT you will get a menu displaying all
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current desktops as submenus, with applicaitons on each desktop in the
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desktop submenu.
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<p>
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If your mouse does not have a middle button you should have enabled
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"Emulate 3 Buttons" in your X-Server - in which case pressing both left and
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right mouse buttons at once will be the equivalent of pressing a middle
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mouse button. If this does not work this may not be turned on. Please see
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your X Server documentation on how to configure this.
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<p>
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This may vary from system to system. OS and XServer may also vary the method
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in which you do this, if it is possible. Not having a middle mouse button in
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Enlightenment, or for that matter X is not a good thing as it is almost
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assumed to be there, and is used by many applications, as well as
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Enlightenment.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut6 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<img src=E_mousewheel.png x=370 y=30>
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<img src=E_mouse.png x=410 y=330>
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<p>
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If you have a WheelMouse and X is configured to understand this Enlightenment
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comes equipped with wheel support out of the box.
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<p>
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Rolling your wheel up on the desktop background will take you back a
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_desktop(desktops) or by rolling your wheel downward, you will advance
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forward a desktop.
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<p>
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If this doesn't work, then it may be you haven't configured your XServer to
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understand a mouse with a wheel. If you use XFree86 you may need to edit your
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XF86Config to have a "Pointer" Section like:
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<p>
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Section "Pointer"<br>
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Protocol "MousemanPlusPS/2"<br>
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Device "/dev/mouse"<br>
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ZAxisMapping 4 5<br>
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Buttons 5<br>
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You may need to modify this for your mouse.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut7 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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When you start an application, unless it has special properties, it will come
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up on your screen with a border surrounding it that contains a titlebar and
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several control buttons.
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<p>
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This border is the primary interface to controlling an application window.
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The Default setup (shown on the next page) gives adequate control but still
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retains simplicity.
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<p>
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If you click left mouse button on the titlbar and keep the mouse button down
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the window will follow your mouse wherever it moves. Respectively if you click
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your left mouse button and drag on any of the resize handles, the window will
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be resized in that direction. Clicking right mouse button on the resize
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handles will raise thw windows to the top.
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<p>
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Clicking right mouse button on the titlebar or any button on the window
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operations menu button on the top-left will display a menu that has window
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manipulation options in it.
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<p>
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Double-Clicking (clicking the mouse twice in sucession really fast) will
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make the Window shade or unshade (depending if it was unshaded ro shaded to
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start with).
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut8 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<img src=E_window_diagram.png x=16 y=48>
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<p>
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut9 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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Clicking left mouse button on the iconify button will iconify the window
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and send it off to the Iconbox. Hitting the Maximize button will maximize the
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size of the application fill your screen. Hitting it again will Unmaximize,
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bringing the window back to its normal size.
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<p>
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Clicking with the left mouse button on the close button will close the window.
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If the application that owns that window does not respond ot a nice request to
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exit, then pressing right mouse button on the close button to forcibly
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terminate that window. This should not be used unnless the application is
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visibly "hung".
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<p>
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In addition to these methods of manipulation a window there are additional
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ways of performing these.
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<p>
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If you hold down the ALT key and hold down left mouse button anywhere in the
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window (on the border OR in the application part) whilst dragging, you will
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move this window around. Doing the same but with the middle mouse button will
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resize the window in that direction. Clicking button 3 anywhere in the window
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whilst holding down the ALT key will brung up the window operations menu.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut10 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<img src=E_keyboard.png x=312 y=0>
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<p>
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For people who want to use their keyboard to manipulate their personal desktop
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there are a number of key combinations bound by default. They are as follows:
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CTRL+ALT+Home - Reshuffle windows on screen to be Clean
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Del - Exit Enlightenment and Log Out
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Home - Restart Enlightenment
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Up-Arrow - Raise window to top
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Down-Arrow - Lower window to the bottom
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Left-Arrow - Go to the previous desktop
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Right-Arrow - Go to the next desktop
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+X - Close the currently focused window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+K - Kill the currently focused window nastily
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+R - Shade/Unshade the currently focused window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+I - Iconify the currently focused window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Tab - Switch focus to the next window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+R - Shade/Unshade the currently focused window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+S - Stick/Unstick the currently focused window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+Enter - Zoom/Unzoom the currently focused window
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<br>
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CTRL+ALT+(F1 - F12) - Go directly to desktops 0 - 11
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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(more on next page ...)
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=tut11 background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#112222>
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<p>
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SHIFT+ALT+Left-Arrow - Move to the virtual desktop on the left if there is one
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<br>
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SHIFT+ALT+Right-Arrow - Move to the virtual desktop on the right if there is
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one
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<br>
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SHIFT+ALT+Up-Arrow - Move to the virtual desktop above if there is one
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<br>
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SHIFT+ALT+Down-Arrow - Move to the virtual desktop below if there is one
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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Note: Zooming in and out of windows will only work if you have an XFree86
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server or one that impliments the Xf86VidMode extension. You also need
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to define lots of screen modes for your display, so ensure your "Display"
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subsection of your XF86Config looks like:
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ccaacc>
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SubSection "Display"<br>
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Depth 16<br>
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Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "512x384" "400x300" "320x240"<br>
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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ffffff>
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Have a "Display" subsection per depth (this example is for 16 bit) and all
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the resolutions defined as above.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=desktops background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<font face=rothwell/25 color=#ffffff>
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<p>
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Multiple & Virtual Desktops
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Enlightenment supports both Multiple and Virtual desktops. There is a fine but
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distinct difference between the 2, and enlightenment treats them differently.
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When you start Enlightenment you will by default have 2 desktops. In
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Enlightenment desktops are geometrically unrelated work areas. They are
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visually stacked ontop of eachother and can even be dragged down to expose
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desktops underneath.
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The best way to imagine this is that each desktop is a sheet of paper with the
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first (desktop 0) desktop being glued in-place. You can re-shuffle the stack
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of papers and slide one down to reveal a piece of paper underneath - the only
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paper you can't slide is the first one. Each desktop (or sheet) contains your
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application windows. Windows normally live on one desktop, but can be made
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to exit on all desktops - whenever you change to a new desktop the window
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will follow you and be on that desktop too. This is known as being sticky.
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if a window is sticky it will "stick to the glass of your screen" and stay
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there until it is not sticky anymore or the window is closed.
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Virtual desktops (also known as desktop areas) is a measure of how big your
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desktops are. A desktop can be a multple of your screen size in size (2x1,
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2x2, 3x3, 4x2 etc.). That means each desktop has an AxB screen size of area
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allocated to it and you can be looking at any screen-sized part of it at any
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time. It's just like getting more sheets of paper and taping them to the sides
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of your current sheet of paper. An easy way of changing your view is by just
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sliding your mouse in the direction of a currently unviewable part of your
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desktop and as long as you have Edge Flip enabled Enlightenment will
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automatically scroll over to that part of the desktop
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The Dragbar
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=pager background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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The Pager
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The Iconbox
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=settings background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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<p>
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Settings
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<p>
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Remembering Properites
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<p>
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Window Groups
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