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  24   <li><a href="dock.html#what" name="what">Application dock</a></li>
  25   <li><a href="dock.html#start" name="start">Starting an application</a></li>
  26   <li><a href="dock.html#cust" name="cust">Customizing</a></li>
  27   <li><a href="dock.html#conf" name="conf">Configuring</a></li>
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  30 <h2><a name="what">Application dock</a></h2>
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  33 <p>The dock is the column of icons located by default on the right
  34 side of the screen.</p>
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  36 <p>Any application can be attached to the dock. To do this, open an
  37 application then simply left-click-and-drag the application's icon to
  38 the last position on the dock. The dock will "attract" the icon and it
  39 will remain on the dock until removed by the user (left-click-and-drag
  40 the icon off the dock - it will disappear.) If you have saved your
  41 Window Maker session prior to logout (or set Window Maker to autosave
  42 your session upon logout) any icons you docked will automatically
  43 reappear at your next - and each subsequent - session.<br>
  44 </p>
  45
  46 <p>The dock has it's own menu for user configuration.<br>
  47 </p>
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  49 <p>The dock can be configured to remain on top of maximized windows. To
  50 do this, right-click on any docked icon then select "Keep on top" from
  51 the application icon menu. This will keep the entire dock visible
  52 (maximized windows will not be allowed to cover the dock). To allow the
  53 dock to be covered, uncheck the "Keep on top" item in the application
  54 icon menu.<br>
  55 </p>
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  57 <p>The WMDock icon (by default, with the GNUstep logo) can be dragged
  58 sideways
  59 to switch the
  60 the entire dock from one side of the display to the other.<br>
  61 </p>
  62
  63 <p>Dragging the WMDock icon downward will move the dock off the display
  64 with the
  65 exception of the WMDock icon itself, which will remain visible. To
  66 restore dock visibility, left-click-and-drag the dock back on screen.<br>
  67 </p>
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  69 <h2><a name="start">Starting an application</a></h2>
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  72 <p>Double-clicking the icon of a docked application starts the
  73 application. <br>
  74 </p>
  75
  76 <p>An application that has not been launched normally has an elipsis
  77 (three dots) in the bottom-left-corner of the icon and appears in full
  78 color as shown below.&nbsp; <br>
  79 </p>
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  81 <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 62px; height: 62px;" alt="Unlaunched application icon" src="images/iconwithelipsis.png"><br>
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  83
  84 <p>When the application is running, the elipsis disappears from the
  85 bottom-left-corner of the icon and the icon becomes "greyed out,"
  86 giving a visual cue that the application is already open. <br>
  87 </p>
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  89 <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 62px; height: 62px;" alt="Launched application icon" src="images/greyedouticon.png"><br>
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  92 <p>A docked icon that continues to show an elipsis and remains "full
  93 color" even after an instance of the
  94 application is running indicates that the application's settings have
  95 been modified to allow multiple launches from one docked icon. To do
  96 this you must open the application and modify the
  97 "application specific" settings in the <a href="win.html#menu">"commands
  98 menu"</a> of the application to allow
  99 "shared application icons."</p>
 100
 101 <p>Using the "launch" command in the "application icon menu" for the
 102 icon is another way to start an application from the dock.<br>
 103 <br>
 104 From version 0.80.0 on, the dock can "steal" appicons. This feature has
 105 nothing to
 106 do with Autoattract Icons. When you start an application from somewhere
 107 else
 108 than either the clip or the dock (menu or terminal), and the appicon
 109 exists in
 110 one of them (clip or dock), this appicon doesn't appear at the bottom
 111 of your
 112 screen. The appicon existing in the clip or the dock "stole" it. As a
 113 result, the
 114 appicon is the same as the one used to start the application from the
 115 clip or
 116 the dock. </p>
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 118 <p> </p>
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 120 <h2><a name="cust">Customizing</a></h2>
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 123 <p>Left-clicking and dragging an application icon to the dock adds this
 124 application to the dock. Obviously, this means the application is
 125 running! <br>
 126 </p>
 127
 128 <p><span style="font-style: italic;">Miniwindows</span> (windows of
 129 minimized applications) cannot be docked. The small titlebar on the
 130 miniwindow differentiates it from an application's icon. <br>
 131 </p>
 132
 133 <p>Dragging an icon off the dock removes the docked application.&nbsp; <br>
 134 </p>
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 137
 138 <h2><a name="conf">Configuring</a></h2>
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 140
 141 <p>There is a dock menu for each icon. Right-clicking the icon displays
 142 the "application icon menu." Select the "Settings..." option to
 143 configure the application.&nbsp;</p>
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 146 <p><a href="images/docks.jpg"><img src="images/docks.jpg" alt="dock"></a></p>
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 148
 149 <p>The application's <span style="font-style: italic;">path</span> and
 150 its arguments, the command for middle-click launch, and the icon
 151 employed can
 152 be changed in this panel.<br>
 153 </p>
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 155 <p>Shell commands such as redirection cannot be used in the command
 156 field. <br>
 157 </p>
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 159 <p>The desired icon must be in one of the directories displayed
 160 in the panel while browsing. New directories can be added from the <a href="prefs.html#search">Search path preferences</a><br>
 161 </p>
 162
 163 <p> A checkbox allows you to start the application when Window Maker is
 164 first started. (Note: <span style="font-style: italic;">You want to be
 165 careful with this</span>. If you have, for example, your terminal
 166 emulator, your file manager, and your browser set to start when Window
 167 Maker is started you'll get an open terminal, an open file manager and
 168 an open browser <span style="font-style: italic;">every time</span>
 169 you start a session! Normally you will only want to start certain
 170 dockapps - "regular" applications like a terminal emulator or browser
 171 can be started <span style="font-style: italic;">after</span> your
 172 session is up and going.)<br>
 173 </p>
 174
 175 <p>From version 0.62.0 on, a checkbox can be used to prevent accidental
 176 removal from the dock. <br>
 177 <br>
 178 From version 0.70.0 on, a new field has been added for middle-click
 179 launch. Entering, for example, "firefox" into a docked
 180 application
 181 settings panel will launch the Firefox browser.<br>
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