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title: Documentation
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Documentation
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=============
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It's a fact that one of the biggest problems with today's software is lack of
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good documentation, or any documentation for that matter. Programmers generally
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don't have a lot of time to document their work, and the things they do
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document are usually oriented towards other programmers. While we can
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appreciate the programmers point of view, we feel it's necessary to cater to a
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larger audience (i.e our users) by providing clear, concise information on how
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to use our software. The sections below will bring all of these pieces of
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information together for you.
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Before you get started with Window Maker, you need to have an understanding of
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how to make use of the documentation that comes with the source distribution.
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The main objective to using documentation is to **understand** it, which
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coincidentally requires that you **read** it. A common mistake is for new or
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novice users to overlook this information, leading them to frustration and a
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bad first impression. Please take a moment to peruse the sections below, which
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should make the experience of learning Window Maker a more pleasant one.
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- `Installation Basics <installation.html>`_
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- `Window Maker Compilation and Installation <wmaker_install.html>`_
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- `Window Maker Internationalisation <wmaker_i18n.html>`_
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- `Guided Tour <guidedtour/index.html>`_
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- `User Guide <guide_toc.html>`_
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- `Desktop/X Integration <desktop.php>`_
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- `FAQ <FAQ.html>`_
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- `WINGs <wings.html>`_
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Very frequently asked question
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- **Can I easily mount my external drives or connect to the internet with
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Window Maker?**
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Yes, you can. Mounting external media is not the problem of a window manager
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to solve, but a tipical Window Maker user can mount external media just as
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easily as any other desktop user. If you use a dockapp like
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`wmvolman <https://github.com/raorn/wmvolman>`_ or
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`wmudmount <http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmudmount>`_ you are just a
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click away from having your external media mounted on `/media/VOLUME_LABEL`.
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And you can just as easily manage your network connections using the standard
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`nm-applet` running in a system tray like `wmsystemtray
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<http://sourceforge.net/projects/wmsystemtray>`_ on your dock.
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.. figure:: /img/essential_dockapps.png
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:alt: essential dockapps
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wmvolman and wmsystemtray with nm-applet
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