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# TkDesk User's Guide

## Originally written by Christian Bolik, now maintained by J. Chris Coppick, `jchris@znet.com`

Version 1.3, 14 September 1999

TkDesk is a graphical, highly configurable and powerful desktop manager for UNIX and the X Window System. This document is meant to be a comprehensive guide to the functions, services and configuration possibilities offered by TkDesk. Please also take a look at the CHANGES file for latest news. A list of answers to frequently asked questions is also included. The "official unofficial" TkDesk homepage on the Web is at http://people.mainz.netsurf.de/~bolik/tkdesk/. There is also a mailing list dedicated to TkDesk available at `majordomo@lists.stanford.edu`. To join this list simply send an email with an empty subject line and the body "subscribe tkdesk-list".

## 1. Introduction

- 1.1 Acknowledgments
- 1.2 Using TkDesk's Help System
- 1.3 Command Line Options

## 2. The File Browser Window

- 2.1 The Menu Bar
- 2.2 The Button Bar
- 2.3 The Path Entry
- 2.4 The File Listboxes
- 2.5 The Status Bar

## 3. The File List Window

## 4. File Operations

- 4.1 File Information
- 4.2 Copying, Moving and Deleting Files
- 4.3 Finding Files

## 5. Cascading Directory Popup Menus

## 6. The Application Bar

## 7. The Built-in Editor

- 7.1 Marks

## 8. Using the TkDesk Server

## 9. Configuration of TkDesk

- 9.1 Configuration Files
- 9.2 The TkDesk API
- 9.3 Shortcuts
- 9.4 Utilities

## 10. Frequently Asked Questions

- 10.1 How can I change the position of the application bar?
- 10.2 Can I have transparent icons?
- 10.3 How can I change the background colour of the icons and desk items?
- 10.4 How can I have a different set of desk items on each virtual screen?
- 10.5 How do I configure FVWM mini-icons for TkDesk?
- 10.6 Configuring the appbar or popup menus to execute (export foo=bar; program;) doesn't work.
- 10.7 Composing characters doesn't work in TkDesk's editor.
- 10.8 TkDesk's layout seems to be screwed. I can't get the appbar displayed anymore.
- 10.9 On my RedHat 5.x system the appbar clock shows the wrong time.
- 10.10 TkDesk complains about "invalid command name wm" and won't start up
- 10.11 I cannot launch other Tcl/Tk applications from within TkDesk
- 10.12 I'd like TkDesk to do this and that. How can I achieve this?
- 10.13 Is there a TkDesk mailing list?
- 10.14 Where can I find out more about Tcl/Tk?

## 11. Tips and Tricks

- 11.1 TkDesk and XEmacs

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