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<sect2 id="mini-commander">
<title>Mini-Commander Applet</title>
<para>
<application>Mini-Commander</application> applet, shown in <xref
linkend="mini-commander-applet-fig">, adds a command line to your
<interface>Panel</interface>. It features command completion,
command history, changeable macros and an optional built-in clock.
Because of the changeable macros you can use it for many different
tasks. You can simply start a program (or a short macro) or view a
web page or search for a man/info page
etc. <application>Mini-Commander</application> can be detached from
your <interface>Panel</interface> using an optional handler on the
side, which is especially usefull for people who use vertical
panels.
</para>
<para>
To add this applet to a <interface>Panel</interface>,
right-click on the <interface>Panel</interface> and choose
<menuchoice>
<guimenu>Panel</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Add to panel</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Applet</guisubmenu>
<guisubmenu>Utility</guisubmenu>
<guimenuitem>Mini-Commander</guimenuitem>
</menuchoice>.
</para>
<figure id="mini-commander-applet-fig">
<title>Mini-Commander Applet</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Mini-Commander Applet</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/mini-commander_applet"
srccredit="Martin Baulig">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<!-- ============= Usage ================================ -->
<sect3 id="APPLET-usage">
<title>Usage</title>
<para>
To start a program or run a command, simply enter the program or
command and press return. Or, to browse for an application or command
in your filesystem, click on the small <guiicon>circle</guiicon>
in the lower corner.
</para>
<para>
<application>Mini-Commander</application> has command
completion (similar to many other user shells). Thus, you often
have not to enter the full name but only the first few characters
followed by the <keycap>tab</keycap>
key. <application>Mini-Commander</application> will try to
complete the program name in the same way most UNIX shells do.
</para>
<para>
<application>Mini-Commander</application> also has command
history, which allows you to recall previous commands by pressing
the <keycap>arrow-up</keycap> or <keycap>arrow-down</keycap>
key. This works like the command history in most UNIX shells. Note
that commands are not stored in the history if it is already
present in the history in order to avoid duplication. You may
also access the history list by pressing the small <guibutton>down
arrow icon</guibutton> in the applet and selecting a command from
the history list.
</para>
<para>
<application>Mini-Commander</application> has the ability to use
macros. It has some predefined macros. For example if
you enter
<command>term:<replaceable>command</replaceable></command> then
<command><replaceable>command</replaceable></command> is executed
in a terminal window. Or if you enter an URL then your web browser is
used to view it. Additionally you can define your own macros or
change the predefined ones.
</para>
<para>
Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the
following items:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem> —
opens the <link linkend="mini-commander-prefs">
<guilabel>Properties</guilabel></link> dialog.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>Help</guimenuitem> —
displays this document.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guimenuitem>About…</guimenuitem> —
shows basic information about <application>Mini-commander
Applet</application>, including the applet's version and the
author's name.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Customization ============================= -->
<sect3 id="mini-commander-prefs">
<title>Customization</title>
<para>
You can customize <application>Mini-Commander</application>
applet by right-clicking on it and choosing
<guimenuitem>Properties…</guimenuitem>. This will open the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog(shown in <xref
linkend="mini-commander-settings-fig-1">), which allows you to
change various settings.
</para>
<figure id="mini-commander-settings-fig-1">
<title>Properties dialog: General Tab</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Properties dialog: General Tab</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/mini-commander_settings_general"
srccredit="Martin Baulig">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
<para>
The properties in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab are:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Show time — If this button is checked, the time will be
shown in the lower corner of the applet.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show date — If this button is checked, the date will be
shown in the lower corner of the applet.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show handle — If this button is checked, a handle will
be attached to the edge of the applet, allowing you to detach
the applet from the <interface>Panel</interface>. You may
re-attach the applet on the <interface>Panel</interface> by
dragging it back into place.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Show frame — If this button is checked, a thin black
frame will be drawn around the applet.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Enable history based auto completion — If this button is
selected, <application>Mini-Commander</application> will
automatically complete commands using the history list.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Applet width — Enter the desired applet width here.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Applet height — Enter the desired applet height here.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Command line height — (This feature is disabled.)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Command line foreground — Select the foreground color,
used for the text you enter.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Command line background — Selecting the background
color, used for the background behind the text in the entry.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<!--
<figure id="mini-commander-settings-fig-2">
<title>Properties dialog: Macros Tab</title>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Properties dialog: Macros Tab</screeninfo>
<graphic format="png" fileref="figures/mini-commander_settings_macros"
srccredit="Martin Baulig">
</graphic>
</screenshot>
</figure>
-->
<para>
The <guilabel>Macros</guilabel> tab consists of a list of up to
99 macros, each of which is a regular expression
(<guilabel>Regex</guilabel>) and a macro
(<guilabel>Macro</guilabel>). Enter the regular expression for
<application>Mini-Commander</application> to match in the left
column, and the corresponding macro which should be executed in
the right column. The default setting has many useful macros
already defined, which may be helpful in learning to write your
own macros.
</para>
<para>
After you have made all the changes you want, click on
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> to apply the changes and close the
<interface>Properties</interface> dialog. To cancel the changes
and return to previous values, click the
<guibutton>Close</guibutton> button.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Freq. Asked Questions ==================== -->
<sect3 id="faq">
<title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<para>
Here are listed some frequently asked questions and the answers to
them.
</para>
<qandaset>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
Why am I not able to give
<application>Mini-Commander</application> keyboard focus?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
This is a confusing problem which seems to have several reasons
and which occurs only under certain conditions.
</para>
<para>
If you cannot give <application>Mini-Commander</application>
applet keyboard focus at all then this could be a problem with
you window manager. If this is true for you it would helpful
if you write me a short mail and tell me what window manager
you are using (name and version).
</para>
<para>
Sometimes it happens that you can give keyboard focus to
<application>Mini-Commander</application> applet only for the
first time. After this it is impossible
to focus it again. Currently the reason for this bug is
unknown.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Bugs ================================== -->
<!-- This section should describe known bugs and limitations of
the program if there are any - please be frank and list all
problems you know of -->
<sect3 id="mini-commander-bugs">
<title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
<para>
In some instances, it is impossible to give
<application>Mini-Commander</application> focus after the first
time.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Further Information ==================== -->
<sect3 id="furtherinfo">
<title>Further Information</title>
<para>
For more information on <application>Mini-Commander</application>
applet, check out its web page at <ulink
url="http://www.maruhn.com/mini-commander/">
http://www.maruhn.com/mini-commander/</ulink>.
</para>
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Authors ================================ -->
<sect3 id="mini-commander-authors">
<title>Authors</title>
<para>
<application>Mini-Commander</application> was written by Oliver Maruhn
(<email>oliver@maruhn.com</email>). Please send all comments,
suggestions, and bug
reports to the <ulink url="http://bugs.gnome.org" type="http">GNOME
bug tracking database</ulink>. (Instructions for submitting bug
reports can be found <ulink
url="http://bugs.gnome.org/Reporting.html" type="http">
on-line</ulink>. If you are using
GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use <application>Bug Report
Tool</application> (<command>bug-buddy</command>), available in the
<guisubmenu>Utilities</guisubmenu> submenu of <guimenu>Main
Menu</guimenu>, for submitting bug reports.
</para>
<para>
This manual was written by Oliver Maruhn
(<email>oliver@maruhn.com</email>). Minor modifications and
updates were made by Dan Mueth
(<email>d-mueth@uchicago.edu</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this manual to the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp">GNOME Documentation Project</ulink>
by sending an email to <email>docs@gnome.org</email>. You can also
submit comments online by using the <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.gnome.org/gdp/doctable/">GNOME Documentation Status
Table</ulink>.
</para>
<!-- For translations: uncomment this:
<para>
Latin translation was done by ME
(<email>MYNAME@MYADDRESS</email>). Please send all comments and
suggestions regarding this translation to SOMEWHERE.
</para>
-->
</sect3>
<!-- ============= Application License ============================= -->
<!--
<sect3 id="license">
<title>License</title>
<para>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the <citetitle>GNU General Public
License</citetitle> as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
</para>
<para>
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> for more details.
</para>
<para>
A copy of the <citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> is
included as an appendix to the <citetitle>GNOME Users
Guide</citetitle>. You may also obtain a copy of the
<citetitle>GNU General Public License</citetitle> from the Free
Software Foundation by visiting <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.fsf.org">their Web site</ulink> or by writing to
<address>
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
<street>59 Temple Place</street> - Suite 330
<city>Boston</city>, <state>MA</state> <postcode>02111-1307</postcode>
<country>USA</country>
</address>
</para>
</sect3>
-->
</sect2>
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