# Xfce Utilities and Scripts

### Jasper Huijsmans

`<jasper@xfce.org>`

### Benedikt Meurer

`<benedikt.meurer@unix-ag.uni-siegen.de>`

This manual describes the `xfce-utils` package, version 4.4.

Copyright © 2006 Jasper Huijsmans

Copyright © 2004 Benedikt Meurer

This document is provided under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or (at your option) any later version.

## Introduction

The `xfce-utils` package provides the general 'About Xfce 4' dialog, a run dialog and several useful scripts that are also used by other Xfce components such as the panel and the desktop menu.

## Run Dialog

Figure 1. Run dialog

The run dialog allows the user to launch applications. Applications can be run in a Terminal emulator (Terminal by default, see xfterm4 script below). In a default Xfce environment, the Alt+F2 key combination will open the run dialog.

## About Dialog

Figure 2. About dialog

The About Dialog is used to display information about Xfce 4, including a list of components, a credits page for all people who helped to create Xfce 4 and license information.

## Scripts

startxfce4

  The `startxfce4` is a convenient script to start an Xfce 4 session from the console. It will give you a session with two panels and with the desktop manager and window manager running.

  To customize the behaviour of `startxfce4`, copy the file `${sysconfdir}/xdg/xfce4/xinitrc` to your personal `~/.config/xfce4/` directory and edit that file. If you install from source, `${sysconfdir}` defaults to `/usr/local/etc`; for binary packages it is usually set to `/etc`.

  With the inclusion of a session manager in Xfce 4.2, the preferred way to change startup behaviour is by using the "Save session" option in the logout dialog.

xfhelp4

  This script is used to open the local Xfce 4 documentation in a browser. By default it will try to use `exo-open` from the libexo library. You can change the preferred browser from the Xfce Settings Manager dialog. If `exo-open` is not available, the script will try a number of well-known browsers, like firefox, galeon or konqueror, but you can change that by setting the $BROWSER environment variable.

  If there is documentation installed in the language of your current locale, xfhelp4 will open that instead of the default English documentation.

xflock4

  This script is used by the panel to lock the screen using xscreensaver if available and falling back to xlock.

## About xfce-utils

`xfce-utils` was written by Jasper Huijsmans (`<jasper@xfce.org>`), Olivier Fourdan (`<fourdan@xfce.org>`) and Benedikt Meurer (`<benny@xfce.org>`). To find more information, visit the Xfce web site.

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or this manual, please use the bug tracking system at http://bugzilla.xfce.org/.

If you have questions about the use or installation of this package, ask on the xfce mailing list. Development discussion takes place on the xfce4-dev mailing list.

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.