<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Strict//EN"> <HTML LANG="en"> <HEAD> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Emil Brink, emil@obsession.se, 27-Aug-1998"> <META NAME="Design and HTML" CONTENT="Ulf Pettersson, ulf@obsession.se, 29-Sep-1998"> <META NAME="Copyright" CONTENT="May be redistributed and changed according to the GNU General Public License. See gpl.html" LANG="en"> <META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="gentoo, Obsession, Emil Brink, filemanager, GTK+, Linux, file management, graphical configurability, Ulf Pettersson, Johan Hanson, files, copying, Obsession Development, " LANG="en"> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="gentoo Documentation and User Manual. gentoo is a highly configurable graphical filemanager for Linux and other Unix-operating systems." 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All configuration is done in the same window, which is (rather ingeniously) called the configuration window. The configuration window consists of a number of <EM>pages</EM>. Below, all links except for the first two take you to the documentation for one such page. </P> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="5" CLASS="Note" WIDTH="100%"> <TR><TD WIDTH="3%"></TD><TD WIDTH="3%" NOWRAP><H2 CLASS="Note">Note!</H2></TD> <TD WIDTH="94%"> <P>This early release of <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> doesn't have the configuration system fully <EM>documented</EM>. Very much has been implemented, though; each of the nonactive links below refers to a configuration "page" that is fully implemented in the program today. I believe <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> to be truly useful, if you can figure out how to do it... There will be upcoming releases with more documentation and, generally, more of everything else too. Hold on.</P> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BR> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="6"> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>1. <A HREF="cfg_gui.html">The Configuration Window</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"></TD><TD WIDTH="80%">More on the base configuration window, its stock buttons etc.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>2. <A HREF="gentoorc.html">The Configuration File</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Talks about the location and format of the <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> config data file.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>3. <A HREF="cfg_styles.html">File Styles</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Describes the file style configuration page.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>4. <A HREF="cfg_types.html">File Types</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Talks about the file type page.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>5. <A HREF="cfg_dirpane.html">Directory Panes</A></BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Tells you how to configure the contents of the directory panes, sorting, etc.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>6. User Commands</BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Describes how you set up your own commands.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>7. Buttons</BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Talks about the buttons page, where you can add/change/remove buttons from the button bank.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>8. Shortcuts</BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Information about how to set up your own shortcut buttons.</TD></TR> <TR><TD WIDTH="15%"></TD><TD NOWRAP><BIG>9. Paths</BIG></TD><TD WIDTH="5%"> </TD><TD WIDTH="80%" VALIGN="Top">Gives information about the program-wide paths settings.</TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>
