TkDesk User's Guide

Originally written by Christian Bolik, now maintained by J. Chris Coppick, jchris@users.sourceforge.net

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