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diff --git a/testTheThing/xhtml/distro-guides/xfce.xhtml b/testTheThing/xhtml/distro-guides/xfce.xhtml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3590f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/testTheThing/xhtml/distro-guides/xfce.xhtml @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> +<title>‎</title> +<meta name="generator" content="Org Mode" /> +</head> +<body bgcolor="#dcd1ba"> +<center> +<table border="1" width="65%" bgcolor="#bebebe" id="content" class="content"><tr><td> +<div id="table-of-contents" role="doc-toc"> +<h2>Table of Contents</h2> +<div id="text-table-of-contents" role="doc-toc"> +<ul> +<li><a href="#xfce-de">1. Xfce DE</a></li> +<li><a href="#rofi-in-xfce">2. Rofi in xfce</a></li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> +<p> +<a href="../index.html">[[../images/back<sub>home.png</sub></a>]]<br /> +<a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides">[[file:images/back.png</a>]] +</p> +<div id="outline-container-xfce-de" class="outline-2"> +<h2 id="xfce-de"><span class="section-number-2">1.</span> Xfce DE</h2> +<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-xfce-de"> +<p> +Indeed the best DE out there. +</p> + +<p> +By default xfce is a very plain desktop and looks kind of old and shitty +(like this website), but it can look and feel great with some work! +</p> + +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go wrong with papirus +icons. then set them as your icon theme</li> +<li>Install a better theme. Some good ones are: +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li><a href="https://drasite.com/flat-remix-gtk">flat-remix</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1681313/">gruvbox</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/2098041">DoorMaker</a></li> +<li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1394325">BaZik</a></li> +</ul></li> +<li>Install kvantum and kvantum-qt5 to change qt themes. Add this to +<code>/etc/environment</code> for kvantum to work:<br /> +<code>QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum</code></li> +<li>Whisker menu for those who want a more modern menu: +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Install whisker menu for a way better menu</li> +<li>Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and change it to +whisker menu.</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like clipboard.</li> +<li>Make some nicer keybinds: +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Bind <code>xfce4-popup-whiskermenu</code> to something like alt+f1 than use +xcape to bind it to super to get around the xfce super key bug. Add +<code>xcape -e 'Super_L=Alt_L|F1'</code> as a startup application or whatever +dummy keybind you binded to whiskermenu. Sadly xfce cant bind +anything to super key without breaking other shortcuts that use +super so we have to use xcape in a painful hacky way.</li> +<li>Bind "super+v" to <code>xfce4-clipman-history</code> to make it feel more like +the kde clipboard</li> +</ul></li> +<li>Make new windows show up at the mouse by going into the "Window +ManagerTweaks" "Placement" tab, turning the minimum size all the way +up and chaning the place windows position to under the mouse pointer.</li> +<li>Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window style and more sane +shortcuts for virtual desktops.</li> +<li>Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around with the compositor +settings for cool clear things.</li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-rofi-in-xfce" class="outline-2"> +<h2 id="rofi-in-xfce"><span class="section-number-2">2.</span> Rofi in xfce</h2> +<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-rofi-in-xfce"> +<p> +The default xfce appfinder been causing me issues lately so I decided to +switch to rofi.<br /> +<br /> +To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it: +</p> + +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Bind <code>rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons</code> to +super+d</li> +<li>Bind <code>rofi -show run</code> to super+r</li> +<li>Bind <code>rofi -show window -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons</code> to +super+w</li> +</ul> + +<p> +There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need. +</p> +</div> +</div> +</td></tr></table> +<div id="postamble" class="status"> +<p class="creator"><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> 30.1 (<a href="https://orgmode.org">Org</a> mode 9.7.11)</p> +</div> +</center> +</body> +</html> |