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author Christophe Lincoln <pankso@slitaz.org>
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pankso@7 24 <h1><font color="#3E1220">SliTaz Handbook (en)</font></h1>
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pankso@7 31 <h2><font color="#DF8F06">X Window System</font></h2>
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pankso@7 33 <ul>
pankso@7 34 <li><a href="#X11">X Window System</a></li>
pankso@7 35 <li><a href="#slim">Slim.</a></li>
pankso@7 36 <li><a href="#jwm">JWM.</a></li>
pankso@7 37 <li><a href="#enlightenment">Enlightenment (e17).</a></li>
pankso@7 38 <li><a href="#openbox">Openbox.</a></li>
pankso@7 39 </ul>
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pankso@7 41 <a name="X11"></a>
pankso@7 42 <h3>X11 - X Window System</h3>
pankso@7 43 <p>
pankso@7 44 The X Window System or X11 provides a window manager running on
pankso@7 45 top of a X server. SliTaz uses by default the lightweight X server called
pankso@7 46 <code>Xvesa</code> from the Xorg project (<a href="http://www.x.org/">www.x.org</a>).
pankso@7 47 Xvesa can be started with the Slim login manager or directly from a Linux console
pankso@7 48 with the command <code>startx</code>, but for this you must first disable the
pankso@7 49 Login Manager. To reconfigure your X session you can use <code>tazx</code>
pankso@7 50 as root or as the current user if you start X from the command line.
pankso@7 51 </p>
pankso@7 52
pankso@7 53 <a name="slim"></a>
pankso@7 54 <h3>Slim - Simple Login Manager</h3>
pankso@7 55 <p>
pankso@7 56 Slim is a lightweight session manager that is very easy to configure and is
pankso@7 57 customizable using system themes. The configuration file is found in
pankso@7 58 <code>/etc/slim.conf</code>, it defines window managers available via the
pankso@7 59 <code>F1</code> key, the default user or theme and the X window system parameters.
pankso@7 60 Slim offers special users commands like <code>console</code> to help manage
pankso@7 61 the session.
pankso@7 62 </p>
pankso@7 63 <p>
pankso@7 64 In LiveCD mode you can disable Slim with the boot option <code>screen=text</code>.
pankso@7 65 On an installed system you can remove the package or delete slim from the
pankso@7 66 <code>RUN_DAEMONS</code> variable in <code>/etc/rcS.conf</code>.
pankso@7 67 </p>
pankso@7 68 <p>
pankso@7 69 More details and themes can be found on the
pankso@7 70 <a href="http://slim.berlios.de">website.</a>
pankso@7 71 </p>
pankso@7 72
pankso@7 73 <a name="jwm"></a>
pankso@7 74 <h3>JWM - Window manager</h3>
pankso@7 75 <p>
pankso@7 76 JWM (Joe's Window Manger) is a lightweight Window Manager, easy to use, fast,
pankso@7 77 stable and insanely configurable. The menu and theme can all be changed from a
pankso@7 78 single configuration file found in your home directory: <code>~/.jwmrc</code>,
pankso@7 79 the file uses XML syntax and the code is nicely colored if you use Geany to
pankso@7 80 edit it. To add an entry in the menu you can use the following example:
pankso@7 81 </p>
pankso@7 82 <pre class="script">
pankso@7 83 &lt;Program icon="kino.png" label="Kino (Video Editor)"&gt;kino&lt;/Program&gt;
pankso@7 84 </pre>
pankso@7 85 <p>
pankso@7 86 The <a href="http://www.joewing.net/programs/jwm/config.shtml">JWM Web site</a>
pankso@7 87 has got more information on how to configure the application to your needs
pankso@7 88 and preferences.
pankso@7 89 </p>
pankso@7 90
pankso@7 91 <a name="enlightenment"></a>
pankso@7 92 <h3>Enlightenment (e17)</h3>
pankso@7 93 <p>
pankso@7 94 Enlightenment aka e17 is a lightweight and fast desktop environment that can be
pankso@7 95 configured graphically. To install e17:
pankso@7 96 </p>
pankso@7 97 <pre> # tazpkg get-install enlightenment
pankso@7 98 </pre>
pankso@7 99 <p>
pankso@7 100 Logout your current X session, type <code>F1</code> at Slim login and choose
pankso@7 101 <code>e17</code> to start Enlightenment.
pankso@7 102 </p>
pankso@7 103
pankso@7 104 <a name="openbox"></a>
pankso@7 105 <h3>Openbox</h3>
pankso@7 106 <p>
pankso@7 107 Openbox is a lightweight window manager than can be configured using the obconf
pankso@7 108 utility. To install openbox:
pankso@7 109 </p>
pankso@7 110 <pre># tazpkg get-install openbox
pankso@7 111 # tazpkg get-install obconf
pankso@7 112 </pre>
pankso@7 113 <p>
pankso@7 114 Logout your current X session, type <code>F1</code> at Slim login and choose
pankso@7 115 <code>openbox</code> to start Openbox. To make Openbox your default Window
pankso@7 116 Manager just type: <code>tazx openbox</code>.
pankso@7 117 </p>
pankso@7 118 <p>
pankso@7 119 Note: you can also use the configuration file <code>menu.xml</code> found
pankso@7 120 in <code>/etc/xdg/openbox</code> to edit menu items. Here's an example using
pankso@7 121 Htop:
pankso@7 122 </p>
pankso@7 123 <pre class="script">
pankso@7 124 &lt;item label="Htop"&gt;
pankso@7 125 &lt;action name="Execute"&gt;&lt;command&gt;xterm -e htop&lt;/command&gt;&lt;/action&gt;
pankso@7 126 &lt;/item&gt;
pankso@7 127 </pre>
pankso@7 128 <p>
pankso@7 129 More information can be found on the
pankso@7 130 <a href="http://icculus.org/openbox/index.php/Help:Menus">openbox</a> site.
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