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   3 <book>
   4   <bookinfo>
   5     <title>Gnome Midnight Commander Documentation</title>
   6     <authorgroup>
   7       <author>
   8         <firstname>Gregory</firstname>
   9         <surname>McLean</surname>
  10         <affiliation>
  11           <address>
  12             <email>gregm@comstar.net</email>
  13           </address>
  14         </affiliation>
  15       </author>
  16     </authorgroup>
  17     <copyright>
  18       <year>1998</year>
  19       <holder>The GNOME Project - Gregory A. McLean</holder>
  20     </copyright>
  21     <legalnotice>
  22       <para>This documentation is free software; you can redistribute
  23         it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
  24         License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  25         version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
  26         version.</para>
  27
  28       <para>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
  29         useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
  30         warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
  31         PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
  32         details.</para>
  33
  34       <para>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
  35         License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
  36         Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
  37         MA 02111-1307 USA</para>
  38
  39       <para>For more details see the file COPYING that should have
  40         been included in this distribution of the Gnome Midnight Commander.
  41       </para>
  42     </legalnotice>
  43   </bookinfo>
  44   <toc></toc>
  45   <chapter id="intro">
  46     <title>Introduction</title>
  47     <sect1 id="whatis">
  48       <title>What is the Gnome Midnight Commander</title>
  49       <para>
  50        The Gnome Midnight Commander (gmc) is the latest incarnation of the GNU
  51        Midnight Commander. It is a directory browser/file manager for
  52        Unix-like operating systems.</para>
  53     </sect1>
  54     <sect1 id="thisdoc">
  55       <title>About this document</title>
  56       <para>This document is intended to explain the Gnome specific features
  57       of the Gnome Midnight Commander.</para>
  58     </sect1>
  59     <sect1 id="features">
  60       <title>Features of the Gnome Midnight Commander</title>
  61       <para>List the features of gmc...</para>
  62     </sect1>
  63   </chapter>
  64   <chapter id="installing">
  65     <title>Installation</title>
  66     <para>In this chapter we will describe the various ways to get the
  67     Gnome Midnight Commander installed and working on your system. Also
  68     we will discuss how to get the latest versions.</para>
  69     <sect1 id="latest-version">
  70       <title>Getting the latest version</title>
  71       <para>Where to get the latest stable version</para>
  72     </sect1>
  73     <sect1 id="source-install">
  74       <title>Installing with the source files</title>
  75       <para>Describe the source installation steps.</para>
  76     </sect1>
  77     <sect1 id="binary-install">
  78       <title>Installing pre-packaged binaries</title>
  79       <para>Describe the binary install steps.</para>
  80     </sect1>
  81   </chapter>
  82   <chapter id="using-gmc">
  83     <title>Using gmc</title>
  84     <para>Someone write this!</para>
  85   </chapter>
  86   <chapter id="customizing">
  87     <title>Customizing gmc</title>
  88     <para>Not happy with the way gmc does things or the looks of gmc, in this
  89      chapter we will show you all the customization options available to you.
  90     </para>
  91     <sect1 id="wmclass">
  92       <title>Window Manager Classes</title>
  93       <sect2 id="wmclass-intro">
  94         <title>Introduction</title>
  95         <para>This section describes the various window manager classes that have
  96        been set on the windows and dialogs that gmc uses. It is intended to aid
  97        you in customizing your enviornment.</para>
  98         <para>Where possible we have provided some example window manager
  99        configuration file snippets.</para>
 100       </sect2>
 101       <sect2 id="classes">
 102         <title>The classes</title>
 103         <para>On all the desktop icons that gmc uses and displays the following
 104       window manager classes have been set on them.</para>
 105         <itemizedlist>
 106           <listitem>
 107             <para>gmc</para>
 108           </listitem>
 109           <listitem>
 110             <para>desktop_icon</para>
 111           </listitem>
 112         </itemizedlist>
 113         <para>Some window managers do not understand either the Gnome window
 114       manager hints or the Motif window manager hints. They end up making
 115       a terrible mess of the desktop icons. To work around this problem
 116       you can do the following.</para>
 117         <itemizedlist>
 118           <listitem>
 119             <para>FVWM and variants</para>
 120             <para>Style "desktop_icon"    MinimalDecoration, CirculateSkip</para>
 121           </listitem>
 122         </itemizedlist>
 123       </sect2>
 124     </sect1>
 125   </chapter>
 126 </book>
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