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- Configure Deskbar Menu... -- Opens a panel to configure the Deskbar menu (see below). -
- Always on Top -- The Deskbar always stays above all other windows. -
- Auto Raise -- The Deskbar pops to the front if the mouse pointer touches it. -
- Sort Running Applications -- Sorts the list of running programs alphabetically. -
- Tracker always First -- Even if you sort alphabetically, the Tracker entry always stays first in the list. -
- 24 Hour Clock -- Toggles between 24 and 12 hour clock. -
- Show Seconds -- Adds the display of seconds to the clock. -
- European Date -- Shows the date in European format: day-month-year +
- Find... - Opens the query dialog. +
- Show Replicants - Shows/hides the little Replicant widget you use to drag it around, remove or access its context menu. +
- Deskbar Settings
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- Configure Deskbar Menu... - Opens a panel to configure the Deskbar menu (see below). +
- Always on Top - The Deskbar always stays above all other windows. +
- Auto Raise - The Deskbar pops to the front if the mouse pointer touches it. +
- Sort Running Applications - Sorts the list of running programs alphabetically. +
- Tracker always First - Even if you sort alphabetically, the Tracker entry always stays first in the list. +
- 24 Hour Clock - Toggles between 24 and 12 hour clock. +
- Show Seconds - Adds the display of seconds to the clock. +
- European Date - Shows the date in European format: day-month-year
- ---- Full Date ---- -
- Show Application Expander -- Provides a small widget to show/hide all windows of a program directly under its entry in the Deskbar. -
- Expand New Applications -- Newly launched programs have their windows automatically expanded under their entry in the Deskbar. +
- Show Application Expander - Provides a small widget to show/hide all windows of a program directly under its entry in the Deskbar. +
- Expand New Applications - Newly launched programs have their windows automatically expanded under their entry in the Deskbar.
- - Restart -- Restarts the system. -
- Shutdown -- Shuts down the system. -
- Recent Documents, Folders, Applications -- List the last recently opened documents, folders and applications (see Configure Deskbar Menu... below). -
- Applications, Demos, Deskbar Applets, Preferences -- List of installed applications, demos, applets and preferences (see Configure Deskbar Menu... below). +
- Restart - Restarts the system. +
- Shutdown - Shuts down the system. +
- Recent Documents, Folders, Applications - List the last recently opened documents, folders and applications (see Configure Deskbar Menu... below). +
- Applications, Demos, Deskbar Applets, Preferences - List of installed applications, demos, applets and preferences (see Configure Deskbar Menu... below).
Configure Deskbar Menu...
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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@The Tracker
The Tracker is the graphical interface to all your files. It let's you create new files and folders or find, launch or rename as well as copy or delete existing ones. -
Being an application like any other (the Desktop with its icons is really just a fullscreen window in the background), Tracker appears with its windows in the Deskbar and can be quit and restarted. The easiest way to quit and restart a e.g. crashed or frozen Tracker is to call the TeamManager with CTRL+ALT+DEL to kill Tracker and then click the Restart Desktop... button. The same brings back a wayward Deskbar. +
Being an application like any other (the Desktop with its icons is really just a fullscreen window in the background), Tracker appears with its windows in the Deskbar and can be quit and restarted. The easiest way to quit and restart a crashed or frozen Tracker (or a wayward Deskbar) is to call the Team Monitor.
Mounting Volumes
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@There are also Mount Settings so you don't have to mount everything manually after every bootup.
The above settings will mount all disks on bootup that were mounted previously and will automatically mount any storage device you connect/insert.
Warning:
-Before you disconnect e.g. a harddrive or USB stick, make sure you have successfully unmounted the volume. This garantees that all data transfer has finished. Otherwise you may lose data or corrupt the disk!
+Before you disconnect e.g. a harddrive or USB stick, make sure you have successfully unmounted the volume. This guarantees that all data transfer has finished. Otherwise you may lose data or corrupt the disk!
Navigating
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ The above settings will mount all disks on bootup that were mounted previously aBy default, when you double-click a folder, Tracker opens a new window while leaving the parent window open. This can quickly lead to an overcrowded desktop.
You can prevent that by holding down the left WIN key, which automatically closes the parent window.
-This is also true for...
Keyboard navigation
-A few shortcuts are essential for keyboard navigation: +
A few shortcuts are essential:
- ALT+CURSOR-UP - Open parent folder.
- ALT+CURSOR-DOWN or RETURN - Open selected folder.
- ALT+W - Close window. @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ This is also true for...
- Clean Up (ALT+K) - Aligns all icons to an invisible grid. Hold down SHIFT and the menu becomes Clean Up All which additionally sorts all icons alphabetically.
- Select... (SHIFT+ALT+A) - Select files according to a regular expression.
The rest of the functions are pretty self-explanatory, leaving the... +
The rest of the functions are pretty self-explanatory, leaving the Tracker preferences.
Tracker preferences
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ Before you switch Tracker to Single Window Navigation mode, because that may feeWorking with files
-When invoked on a selected file, the File menu offers about the same options as when you open a context menu by right-clicking the file. Exceptions are commands that don't specifically target a selected file, like Find.. or New.... -
As usual the usage of the commands is pretty clear, so we'll concentrate on the niftier parts.
+When invoked on a selected file, most of the File menu commands are also offered in the context menu by right-clicking that file. +
As usual the usage of the commands is pretty clear.
- Find... - Find a file or folder. See topic Query for more info.
- New... - Create a new folder or any other file based on a template.
@@ -106,13 +106,29 @@ Before you switch Tracker to Single Window Navigation mode, because that may feeChoosing Edit Templates... opens the folder /boot/home/config/settings/Tracker/Tracker New Templates. Creating a file in that folder will offer its filetype with the file's name and other attributes as template in the New... menu. Here, there's a file "Text" with the filetype text/plain. See topic Filetypes for more info.
- Open With... - A submenu offers all applications that can handle this filetype.
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-The preferred application that would open the file when double-clicked, is checkmarked. This submenu list first those applications that can handle the exact filetype, in this case it's a text file, the type text/plain. Next come all applications that can handle that supertype in general, here text/*. Last in the list are those that can deal with any file. If you don't click on an app in the submenu, but on the Open With... entry instead, a panel opens: +
+The preferred application that would open the file when double-clicked, is checkmarked. This submenu lists first those applications that can handle the exact filetype, in this case it's a text file, the type text/plain. Next come all applications that can handle that supertype in general, here text/*. Last in the list are those that can deal with any file. If you don't click on an app in the submenu, but on the Open With... entry instead, a panel opens:
Here you'll again find the programs that were listed in the submenu. By selecting one and clicking the Open and Make Preferred button, you changed the preferred application for every file of that filetype, here text/plain. +
+ - Get Info
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+The panel presents info on the selected file and lets you set the default application and, after you expanded that part of the panel, permissions and owner. Clicking on the path will open it in a Tracker window.
+ - Edit Name, Duplicate and Move to Trash - lets you rename or duplicate a file or put the selected file(s) to the trash. +
- Move to, Copy to and Create Link - lets you move, copy or link the selected file(s) using the submenu navigating method. Holding SHIFT while invoking the menu offers the option to create a relative link. +
- Cut, Copy and Paste - lets you cut, copy and paste files using the clipboard. By holding SHIFT while invoking the menu you can Copy/Cut more files, maybe from another folder that you can paste somewhere else later. Also, while holding SHIFT you can paste the copied files in the clipboard as links. +
- Identify - will sniff out and set the type of a file if it didn't have one before, e.g. if you transfered a file with wget which doesn't set a filetype itself. Holding SHIFT while invoking the menu changes the item to identify the filetype and correct it if it was false before.
Transaction status
+When you copy, move or delete files, Tracker shows its progress with a status window. If you initiate more than one transaction, each job gets its own status display. +
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To the right are two buttons to pause or stop a transaction entirely. Sometimes it can be useful to temporarily pause a large transaction. For example, you may need to quickly launch a large application. Copying large amounts of data chokes your harddiskâs IO bandwidth and thus delays your workflow. +
The Workspaces Applet
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The Workspaces applet shows a miniature version of all workspaces. There are several options available from the context menu of the applet's window, which are all pretty self-explaining. Since the applet is a Replicant, you can resize the window as desired and then drag&drop it by its handle onto the desktop (make sure "Show Replicants" is activated in the Deskbar menu).
Switching workspaces
-You can switch between workspaces by either clicking into the Workspaces applet or by using the keyboard shortcut ALT+Fx, where "x" is the workspace number. Also, clicking on an application or one of its windows in the Deskbar will send you to the workspace it resides in. +
You can switch between workspaces by either clicking into the Workspaces applet or by using the keyboard shortcut ALT+Fx, where "x" is the workspace number. Also, clicking on an application or one of its windows in the Deskbar will send you to the workspace it's in.