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<h1 class="title">Miscellaneous</h1>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#localization" id="id1">Localization</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#fonts" id="id2">Fonts</a></p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="#utilities" id="id3">Utilities</a></p></li>
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<h1>Localization</h1>
<p>As soon as Window Maker is compiled with some options and gettext installed, it
is fully localizable. Check the INSTALL file.</p>
<p>However, localization of menus can be used without the LANG environment
variable set. Using pl menu allows to get menus in any available language
without setting this variable.</p>
<p>Why do such a "thing" instead of setting the localization the "right" way?</p>
<p>For some reasons users may want to keep the system default language instead of
defining a new localization. One of the main reason is that most software
doesn't exist in all languages.</p>
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<h1>Fonts</h1>
<p>It's possible to change the fonts in Window Maker, editing the WindowMaker file
or the WMGLOBAL file in <span class="docutils literal">~/GNUstep/Defaults</span>.</p>
<p>Once again the INSTALL file gives instructions on how to do it.</p>
<p>The specific file to edit varies according to the fonts to be changed.</p>
<p>The script <em>wsetfont</em> is provided to do the job.</p>
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<h1>Utilities</h1>
<p>Window Maker provides the user with some useful utilities.</p>
<p>There is a README file concerning these scripts in the util directory.</p>
<p>Almost each script has it's own man page recommended reading.</p>
<p>These utilities mainly concern the GUI: icons, styles, fonts, menus,
backgrounds.</p>
<p>A few of them deserve special interest as many users don't seem to know about
them.</p>
<p>The <em>wdwrite</em> script, for instance, writes data into the configuration files.</p>
<p>The <em>setstyle</em> (or <em>getstyle</em>) scripts are used to manage themes.</p>
<p><em>Wxcopy</em> and <em>wxpaste</em> allows copying and pasting using the X cutbuffer.</p>
<p>The first one makes part of the default applications menu, in the selection
item.</p>
<p>For KDE users, wkdemenu.pl is worth using.</p>
<p>From version 0.63.0 on, a new utility is available : <em>wmagnify</em>. It allows
magnification of the area under the mouse pointer.</p>
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