From 7b24e26e8ec3e8f387d62448a62a764cd8ff1786 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nathansmith Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 15:26:30 -0600 Subject: Changed xfce guide a tiny bit --- distro_guides/xfce.html | 106 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------ index.html | 10 ++++- nathans_philosophy.html | 15 +++++-- 3 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) diff --git a/distro_guides/xfce.html b/distro_guides/xfce.html index 900f912..625ac1a 100644 --- a/distro_guides/xfce.html +++ b/distro_guides/xfce.html @@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ @@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ table { - Back to home page -
- Back to linux room + Back to + home page
+ Back to linux room
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- 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! + 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!

    -
  • Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go wrong with papirus icons. - then set them as your icon theme
    • +
  • Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go + wrong with papirus icons. then set them as your icon + theme
  • Install a better theme. Some good ones are:
  • - Install kvantum and kvantum-qt5 to change qt themes. Add this to /etc/environment for kvantum to work:
    + Install kvantum and kvantum-qt5 to change qt + themes. Add this to /etc/environment + for kvantum to work:
    QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum
  • - The default menu is alright but I like whisker menu more. + Whisker menu for those who want a more modern menu:
      -
    • Install whisker menu for a way better menu
      • -
    • Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and change it to whisker menu.
      • +
    • Install whisker menu for a way better + menu
      • +
    • Go into the panel settings to remove the + old one and change it to whisker menu.
  • - Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like clipboard. + Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde + like clipboard.
  • Make some nicer keybinds:
    • - Bind xfce4-popup-whiskermenu to something like alt+f1 than use xcape to bind it to - super to get around the xfce super key bug. Add xcape -e 'Super_L=Alt_L|F1' 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. + Bind xfce4-popup-whiskermenu + to something like alt+f1 than use xcape to + bind it to super to get around the xfce + super key bug. Add xcape -e + 'Super_L=Alt_L|F1' 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.
      • -
    • Bind "super+v" to xfce4-clipman-history to make it feel more like the kde clipboard
      • +
    • Bind "super+v" + to xfce4-clipman-history to make + it feel more like the kde clipboard
  • - 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. + 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.
  • - Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window style and more sane shortcuts for virtual desktops. + Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window + style and more sane shortcuts for virtual desktops.
  • - Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around with the compositor settings for cool clear things. + Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around + with the compositor settings for cool clear things.
-

Rofi in xfce

- The default xfce appfinder been causing me issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi. -

- To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it: +

Rofi in xfce

The default xfce appfinder been + causing me issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi. +

To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add + some binds for it:
    -
  • Bind rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+d
    • +
  • Bind rofi -show drun -icon-theme + "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+d
  • Bind rofi -show run to super+r
    • -
  • Bind rofi -show window -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+w
    • +
  • Bind rofi -show window -icon-theme + "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+w
- There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need. + There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I + need.
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 9b35a09..5a90d0e 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -11,8 +11,14 @@ body { background-image: url('images/background.png'); } -table { color: black; background-color: #bebebe; margin-top: 10px; - margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; } +table { + color: black; + background-color: #bebebe; + margin-top: 10px; + margin-bottom: 10px; + margin-left: 10px; + margin-right: 10px; +} diff --git a/nathans_philosophy.html b/nathans_philosophy.html index a74c573..d7e9c56 100644 --- a/nathans_philosophy.html +++ b/nathans_philosophy.html @@ -6,10 +6,19 @@ -- cgit v1.2.3