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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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<p align=50%>
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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 (0.16.0) is by no means the
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Enlightenment is a large and complex program and is by no means perfect,
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but it is being worked on and is as stable as possible. It has many advanced features, and it is possibly missing some features that you would like to see.
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The version you are now running (0.16.0) 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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<p align=50%>
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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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We hope that you enjoy using Enlightenment as much as we have enjoyed writing
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it. We'd like to think that even if this isn't the right software for you, you
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at least can have fun playing around with what we have created.
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<page columns=1 padding=16 name=copyright background=Edoc_bg.png linkcolor=#88dddd>
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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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<br>
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<br>
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CVS Commit List Mail
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<p>
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To receive CVS Commit mails, please go to the
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<br>
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This mailing list is for discussing Enlightenment, it's development, bugs,
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feature requests, etc. It is not a general chatter list. The developers do
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read this mailing list and will often comment on subjects of relevancy.
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read this mailing list and will often comment on subjects brought up on the
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list.
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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_settings_menu.png x=285 y=235>
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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(settings) . From it you can select what parts
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of your desktop that Enlightenment controls to customize and make more
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amenable to 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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<br>
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Clicking the middle button on the desktop _background(backgrounds) 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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menu. A sample of this menu is shown to our left.
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<p>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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When you click the right mouse button
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a menu with the title "Settings" will appear. This is
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Enlightenment's _settings(settings) menu. From it you can select various
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configuration dialogs that will assist you in customizing your desktop to
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better suit your needs.
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<p>
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Mouse Bindings
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Of course, when you click on the _desktop(desktops) _backgound(backgrounds) of
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Of course, when you click on the _desktop(desktops) _background(backgrounds) of
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your screen, normally you will bring up a _menu(rootmenu). And of course, when you
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click on the _border(border) of a window, you will do various things. But these
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are not the only things you can do with your mouse.
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that your mouse is configured on your X server.
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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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"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 to configure this.
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your X server documentation 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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This may vary from system to system. OS and X server 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 by E.
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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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If this doesn't work, then it may be you haven't configured your X server 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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<font face=aircut3/12 color=#ccaacc>
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style of a window in Enlightenment using the
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<br>
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_Window_Operations(windowops)
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menu, however. Select the "Set Border Style" menu, and you will be presented
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with a list of available borders in this theme. The most common use for this
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is to make an application shed its border, using the BORDERLESS border type.
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menu, however. Select the "Set Border Style" menu, and a list will be
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presented to you of available borders in this theme. The most common use
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for this is to make an application shed its border, using the
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BORDERLESS border type.
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<p>
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You can always click with ALT + Right mouse button anywhere in the window to
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bring up the window operations menu again.
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Changing Desktops
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There are seveal ways that you can change your current desktop - let's go over
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There are several ways that you can change your current desktop - let's go over
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a few of them here.
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<p>
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You can use the _Keybindings(defkeys) alt-F1 through alt-F12 for the first 12
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by clicking on the desired area.<br>
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You can use the _Dragbar(dragbar) to quickly navigate to a particular
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application or a particular desktop by using the middle and right mouse
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buttons<br>.
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buttons.<br>
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You can also use external applications such as the GNOME panel's pager or the
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KDE panel's pager to navigate desktops and/or applications. You will need to
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enable _Desktop_Support(deskenv) for these to work.<br>
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proceed to move windows between desktops this way, instead of using the
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_pager(pager) .
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<p>
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You can also use the Dragbar to retreive windowlists. Use the middle mouse
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button to retreive a windowlist, and the right mouse button for a
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You can also use the Dragbar to retrieve windowlists. Use the middle mouse
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button to retrieve a windowlist, and the right mouse button for a
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windowlist sorted by desktops.
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<p>
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The Pager
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The Pager (as seen to our right) to those of you new to the concept of
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virtual and multiple desktops
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may be a foreign concept, but once gotten used to is highly useful in being
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able to manage your application over multiple screens that you might not
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necessarily be able to see.
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Pagers may not be a new idea in desktop environments, but the Pager in
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Enlightenment (as seen on the right) is a highly advanced and highly
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configurable tool for desktop and window control, as well as a navigation tool.
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<p>
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The pager lets you see your desktop screen area in miniature. It lets you click
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on a certain desktop to "visit" it, click and drag windows around in the pager
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<br>
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<br>
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You can resize the pager to make it the size you'd like (hint - hint. hold down
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ALT and use the middle-mouse button to resize the pager in any direction. using
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You can resize the pager to make it the size you'd like. Hold down
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ALT and use the middle-mouse button to resize the pager in any direction. Using
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left-mouse button whilst holding ALT and dragging will move the window. Holding
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down ALT whilst pressing right-mouse button, just like any normal window will
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get you a window operations menu).
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get you a window operations menu.
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<p>
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In the default theme clicking the tab on the right side of the pager with the
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arrow pointing right will shade and unshade the pager window horizontally,
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You can _move(movemode) the Iconbox around the screen using alt-leftclick
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on the window, and then moving it to the desired location on the screen. You
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can _resize(movemode) the Iconbox by alt-middleclicking on the window and
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then adjusting the size as described in the _Mouse_Bindings(mousebind) section
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then adjusting the size as described in the _Mouse_Bindings(mousebind)
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section.
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<p>
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<p>
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The second way is the window titlebar, which has the most important options
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directly available for convenience. shift-click to start a group,
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directly available for convenience. Shift-click to start a group,
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ctrl-clicking to add a window to the youngest group (also referred to as the
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"current" group) and shift-ctrl-click to destroying a group. You can also click
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the middle mouse button for visualizing the group(s) of a window. Click again
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<br>
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<br>
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<br>
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You can use this dialog to change your background also, as well as fine-tune
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You can use this dialog to change your background, too , as well as fine-tune
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all the various settings for each individual background available.
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Tooltips
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<p>
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From time to time, as you use enlightenment, if you don't remember what does
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From time to time, as you use Enlightenment, if you don't remember what does
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what, if you keep the mouse still for a little bit a tooltip will pop up. The
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easiest example of this is when you hold the mouse over a _Window_Border(border)
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<p>
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Fullscreen/Window _zooms(tut11) in and out of the window changing resolutions
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if possible. This feature will only work if you have your XServer configured
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correctly and it supports the XVidtune extension. Your XServer may not like
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having resolutions changed - it is possible that an unstable XServer could
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if possible. This feature will only work if you have your X server configured
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correctly and it supports the XVidtune extension. Your X server may not like
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having resolutions changed - it is possible that an unstable X server could
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crash if you use this. Be aware of this when using this feature.
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<p>
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Remember... displays the _Remember_Properties(properties) dialog that lets
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you select things to remember about this instance of an application. The
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attributes selected to be rememberd in the state they are when you hit Apply or
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Ok in this dialog. You will have to bring it up again if you wich to remember
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Ok in this dialog. You will have to bring it up again if you wish to remember
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a new state of the window.
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<p>
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<p>
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You can quickly modify the size of a window to one of several aspects of
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maxmimum sizes using the Window Size submenu.
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<p>
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Set Stacking lets you change the stackign layer of that window.
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Set Stacking lets you change the stacking layer of that window.
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<p>
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You can change the _border(changeborder) using the Set Border Style menu if
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you wish to use a different window border. If you change themes after you have
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the window will fall back to using the DEFAULT border until you change it
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changed the border, and the new theme doesn't provide a border of the same
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name, the window will fall back to using the DEFAULT border until you
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change it again.
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should have received some sample scripts written in perl that interface to E
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through eesh showing how you can externally script E to do more things outside
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E's base functionality. Expect the IPC to get more flushed out in future
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E's base functionality. Expect the IPC to flesh out even more in future
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revisions.
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<p>
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~/.enlightenment directory. This file is fairly long, but shouldn't be too
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difficult to edit. Be careful! The keybindings in this file will override ALL
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_I_Upgraded_A_Theme_But_The_New_One_Isn't_Being_Used(faq3)
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<p>
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_I_set_my_window_to_borderless_and_cant_set_it_back(faq4)
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_I_set_my_window_to_borderless_and_can't_set_it_back(faq4)
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_How_can_I_move_or_resize_the_iconbox(faq4)
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_These_Docs_Didn't_Help,_Where_Can_I_Get_More_Help(faqend)
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_These_Docs_Didn't_Help,_Where_Can_I_Get_More_Help?(faqend)
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Q: I can't find my iconbox, or change its settings.
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1. You don't have an Iconbox on your desktop right now. Just middle-click and
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A: Your menu files may be destroyed. Try rerunning the program that initially
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A: ALT + Right mouse button when pressed anywhere in the window will give you
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Q: These Docs Didn't Help, Where Can I Get More Help?
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A: Well, we obviously can't answer all of your questions just by predicting
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