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Reference

• Links

  https://wiki.xfce.org/start
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/xfce
  https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/wayland_roadmap

  https://forum.xfce.org/
  https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce
  https://gitlab.xfce.org/apps
  https://developer.xfce.org/

• Xfce Dialogs

  Command	Description
  xfce4-settings-manager	Configuration Panel
  xfce4-mime-settings	Default Apps
  xfce4-keyboard-settings	Keyboard Settings
  xfce4-mouse-settings	Mouse Settings
  xfce4-notifyd-config	Notifications Settings
  xfce4-panel --preferences	Panel Preferences
  xfce4-session-settings	Session Settings
  xfce4-settings-editor	Xfconf Editor
  xfce4-appearance-settings	Appearance
  xfce4-display-settings	Display Settings
  xfwm4-settings	Window Manager Settings
  xfwm4-tweaks-settings	Window Manager Tweaks

System Startup

• systemd

  /sbin/ini
      dbus-demon
      lightdm
          /usr/share/xsessions/lightdm-xsession.desktop
              startxfce4
                  Xorg
          lightdm --session-child
              xfce4-session
      agetty
      systemd/systemd --user
  

• lightdm

  show config : lightdm --show-config

  list sessions : ls /usr/share/xsessions/

  current session : cat ~/.dmrc

  [Desktop]
  Session=lightdm-xsession
  

  session file : /usr/share/xsessions/lightdm-xsession.desktop

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Name=Default Xsession
  Exec=default
  Icon=
  Type=Application
  

  Exec=default means that the session is defined in alternatives :

  update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

  ------------------------------------------------------------
  * 0            /usr/bin/startxfce4      50        mode automatique
    1            /usr/bin/startxfce4      50        mode manuel
    2            /usr/bin/xfce4-session   40        mode manuel
  
  

• xfce4-session

  https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/advanced

• Bash Startup Files

  https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/11.0/postlfs/prof

• Xsession xdg paths

  https://askubuntu.com/questions/1179729/

Configuration

• XFCE Config

  $HOME/.config/xfce4/
  /etc/xdg/xfce4/
  

  keyboard : /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
  xfce4-session : /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
  xsettings : /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml

• xfconf-query

  https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfconf/xfconf-query
  http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...

• Xdg menu

  /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu

• Disable CSD

  https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?pid=77880#p77880

Applications

• Launchers

  $HOME/.local/share/applications/
  /usr/local/share/applications/
  /usr/share/applications/
  

• File associations

  https://wiki.debian.org/MIME
  https://wiki.debian.org/MimeTypesSupport
  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_MIME_Applications
  https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/507943/
  https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114075/
  https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2227182/

  mime cache : /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache
  default apps : $HOME/.config/mimeapps.list

  regenerate mimeinfo.cache files :

  global files : update-desktop-database
  in user dir : update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications

• Default applications

  $HOME/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc
  /etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc
  

Themes

• Location

  $HOME/.themes/

• Change desktop background

  Solid color : hsetroot -solid '#5e5c64'

  Walpaper : feh --bg-scale /usr/share/rpd-wallpaper/clouds.jpg

  Random walpaper : feh --bg-scale --randomize /usr/share/rpd-wallpaper/

• Wallpapers

  system :

  /usr/share/backgrounds/
  

  xfce :

  $HOME/.local/share/xfce4/backdrops/
  /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/
  /usr/share/xfce4/backdrops/xfce/
  

Other

• Center window

  https://superuser.com/questions/141032/

  Alt+F7

• Thunar Custom Actions

  https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/4.12/custom-actions
  https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12633

  xfce4-terminal -e 'bash -c "extract.sh %f; bash"'