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<H1>Usage</H1>
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<H2>Introduction</H2>
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You use <EM>file styles</EM> to control the way files of different <A HREF="../types.html">types</A> are
displayed and generally dealt with. For more information about styles and their various properties,
the tree structure applied to styles, and all other fun details, check out the <A HREF="../styles.html">
styles</A> chapter!
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Configuring styles is important in order to get <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> to look the way you want it to, and
also to <EM>act</EM> the way you want it to.
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<P>Using 'file' carries a pretty heavy performance penalty! Although some
considerable attempts have been made in <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> to lessen the impact, it is still there.
For maximum performance, don't use types with 'file' RE rules. If you don't define <STRONG>any</STRONG>
type using 'file' RE matching, <STRONG>gentoo</STRONG> will detect this and optimize the entire file typing process
somewhat.</P>
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For the special case of just recognizing any executable file (i.e. not just binary ELF files),
simply use the protection flag checks described above. It'll be a lot quicker.
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Acknowledgements and general thanks to:
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<LI>Linus Torvalds and the entire GNU/Linux community for creating all this wonderful software, and then
just giving it away.</LI>
<LI><A HREF="mailto:johan@tiq.com">Johan Hanson</A> for the original icons. They're great!</LI>
<LI><A HREF="mailto:jonas@obsession.se">Jonas Minnberg</A>, <A HREF="mailto:ulf@obsession.se">Ulf Pettersson</A> and
<A HREF="mailto:eskil@obsession.se">Eskil Steenberg</A> (i.e., most of Obsession Development) for ideas,
suggestions, and testing.</LI>
<LI><A HREF="mailto:erik@tiq.com">Erik Johansson</A> for testing and help with finding and reporting early bugs.</LI>
<LI>Henry Spencer at the University of Toronto, for his free reimplementation of System V8 regular expressions.</LI>
<LI>The GTK+ Team for the great toolkit that GTK+ truly is. I wish it were better documented, though...</LI>
<LI><A HREF="http://verkstan.canit.se">Verkstan För Alla</A>, Stockholm, for letting us in.
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