Thanks. Any indication of when this might go to release (presumably we'll have a gentoo .ebuild shortly afterward)?
I'm still trying to figure out anyone could get along without a taskbar (given that alot of these wms/desktops don't have one). That's the one single indispensable feature of the gui: instantaneous random-access task switching. Michael On Friday 28 June 2002 10:15 pm, Collins wrote: > xfce hasn't produced a release with this code, but it is committed in > CVS and quite stable. > > Unlike the minority opinion you got earlier, I touch this everyday > with or without a fork <grin> > > Of course, if you keep 40 or 50 open tasks, your taskbar is going to > be quite crowded! I keep about 16 active tasks, and thus I love the > hell out of it. The advantage of using it is that clicking on a > taskbar button takes you to the appropriate desktop and raises/focuses > the selected window all in one operation. > > Here's how to get it. (All of this is pieced together from various > emails on the xfce-user list.) > > 1. su - > 2. cd to desired directory to hold cvs image > 3. cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/xfce > co xfce-stable (it really helps if you have installed cvs <grin>) > 4. cd to directory downloaded (xfce-stable) > 6. ./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr \ > --datadir=/usr/share \ > --sysconfdir=/etc/X11 \ > --enable-xft \ > --enable-taskbar \ > --enable-gdm && \ > make [-k] install-strip (the -k is needed for some later versions > of > autoconf) > 7. restart xfce and enjoy > 8. To activate the taskbar, click in the miniscule space between the > bottom of the panel and the dividing line for the buttons area. Once > opened, the taskbar will remain open when you restart xfce > > Some notes > ====== > > Depending on your colour palette, some of the taskbar buttons can have > different background colour to distinguish between current and other > screens' windows. Window which has focus (is active) is indicated by > 'pushed' (selected) button. By > clicking that button the window can be minimalised and maximised > alternatively. > To select (make active) another windows click corresponding button -- > it > will be maximised. Taskbar can be closed by clicking leftmost, small > button (so called close button). When you click right mouse button (in > fact >=second) on that > button, pop-up menu appears. From it you can: > - make taskbar standalone window (Windows-like behaviour) and switch > that feature off > - chose buttons order on taskbar. They can be sorted by Xwindow id, > name, desktop they appear on or remain unsorted. > - turn on/off indicator of processor load. It is available only (?) > on > linux when '/proc/stat' pseudo-file is present. When turned on > t askbar close button changes colour according to current > processor load. > > Hovering over a taskbar button displays a hint with wider version of > name > > There are some additional features like "jared tasks" that I haven't > experimented with. This feature combines all like programs under one > task button and a popup window opens to let you select the appropriate > one. > > <a real hoot> > There, I managed to post an email without a single reference to the > dreaded distro, except for my signature. dep will be so proud of me! > </a real hoot> > > Enjoy, _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
