Posted: 2015-07-01 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop | Tags: icons, xfce |
To make the XFCE desktop icons text background semi-transparent (as opposed to fully transparent) create this file in the $HOME directory: ~/.gtkrc-2.0 and put the following in it: Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2015-06-04 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: amplifx, clc sequence viewer, cytoscape, folders, hide, home, pspp, thunar, xfce |
Usually, programs store their configuration files in a hidden folder that resides within the user’s $HOME. Such folders start with a dot (.), and are therefore regarded as hidden by the file manager. There are however, programs that do not follow this convention and instead create a regular folder in $HOME to store their settings and system files. Its location cannot be changed, which can be particularly annoying. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2015-04-02 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop, system | Tags: .desktop, folders, icons, xdg, xdg-dirs, xfce |
I do not particularly like the standard folders that are automatically created in my $HOME. I used to just delete them and then set emblems on my own folders in XFCE. Some time ago, I found a discussion on LinuxQuestions about what program creates these automatically. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2014-05-14 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop | Tags: .desktop, icons, menu, xfce |
In XFCE, whenever I needed to customize some menu entry, I would just go to /usr/share/applications/ and edit the corresponding .desktop file. This applies the changes globally and whenever the program is updated the modified .desktop file will be overwritten. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: 2012-11-15 | Author: slackalaxy | Filed under: desktop | Tags: menu, xfce |
After tweaking the icon size of the XFCE menu, let’s customize it a bit more. Use as a starting point the default: /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu and copy it to a custom location, e.g. ~/.config/xfce4/xfce-applications-custom.menu. Read the rest of this entry »
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