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title: Guided Tour - Miscellaneous
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<h1><strong>
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<center>Miscellaneous</center>
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</strong></h1>
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<strong></strong>
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<center><a href="index.html">Back to index</a></center>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="misc.html#loc" name="loc">Localization</a></li>
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<li><a href="misc.html#font" name="font">Fonts</a></li>
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<li><a href="misc.html#util" name="util">Utilities</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="loc">Localization</a></h2>
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As soon as Window Maker is compiled with some options and gettext
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installed, it
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is fully localizable. Check the INSTALL file. <br>
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However, localization of menus can be used without the LANG environment
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variable
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set. Using pl menu allows to get menus in any available language
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without setting
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this variable. <br>
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Why do such a "thing" instead of setting the localization the "right"
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way? <br>
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For some reasons users may want to keep the system default language
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instead of
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defining a new localization. One of the main reason is that most
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software doesn't
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exist in all languages. <br>
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<h2><a name="font">Fonts</a></h2>
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It's possible to change the fonts in Window Maker, editing the
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WindowMaker file
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or the WMGLOBAL file in ~/GNUstep/Defaults. <br>
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Once again the INSTALL file gives instructions on how to do it. <br>
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The specific file to edit varies according to the fonts to be changed. <br>
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The script <span style="font-style: italic;">wsetfont</span> is
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provided to do the job.
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<h2><a name="util">Utilities</a></h2>
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Window Maker provides the user with some useful utilities. <br>
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There is a README file concerning these scripts in the util directory. <br>
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Almost each script has it's own man page recommended reading. <br>
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These utilities mainly concern the GUI: icons, styles, fonts, menus,
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backgrounds. <br>
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A few of them deserve special interest as many users don't seem to know
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about them. <br>
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">wdwrite</span> script, for
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instance, writes data into the
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configuration
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files. <br>
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The <span style="font-style: italic;">setstyle</span> (or <span style="font-style: italic;">getstyle</span>) scripts are used to
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manage themes. <br>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Wxcopy</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">wxpaste</span> allows copying and pasting
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using the X cutbuffer. <br>
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The first one makes part of the default applications menu, in the
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selection
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item. <br>
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For KDE users, wkdemenu.pl is worth using. <br>
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From version 0.63.0 on, a new utility is available : <span style="font-style: italic;">wmagnify</span>. It allows magnification
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of the area under the mouse pointer.<br>
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<br>
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