Setup.wsp
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Things you may want to change/adjust.
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All settings are made by dialogs found in the Launchers "System" - "Settings" menu.
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These dialogs also provide individual help (Via the help button).
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Look & Feel:
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    ST/X supports multple viewStyles, which more or less mimic
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    existing Window Systems (Windows, Motif, Irix etc.).
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    The viewStyle can be changed via the Launchers
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	"System - Settings - ViewStyle"
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    Dialog.
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    We recommend use of the 'mswindowsxp' style - even for non XP systems.
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    As an alternative, and for older windows systems (NT, Win2K etc.),
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    consider selecting the 'mswindows95' style.
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Keyboard & Shurtcuts:
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    The default keyboard mapping is described in the Keyboard.wsp workspace.
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    If you dont like it, have a look (and edit) the 'keyboard.rc' file.
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Language:
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    For lack of resources and language competence, only German and English
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    are fully supported. Some rudimentary French, Italian etc. are present,
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    but definitely not complete.
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    Notice, that the existing translations are only provided to give a hint
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    on how it is done and to give editors something to start with.
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    All language strings are found in the
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	"lib*/resources/*.rs"
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    files; there you will find per-class translations.
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    If you add or fix anything there, we would be very happy,
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    if you'd send us your changes - we will incorporate them into the next release.
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    Make sure that your chosen font is able to display those characters
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    (especially if you edit Greek, Russian or a far-east language translations).
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    Sorry: ST/X does not (yet) support right-to-left text display
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    (i.e. Hebrew and Arabic). Be patient - we are working on that issue.
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Misc settings:
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    Tabulators can be changed to be either multiples of 4 or 8;
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    See the Launchers "System - Settings - Tools - Editing" Dialog.
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    Keyboard Focus behavior and some performance related
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    drawing options are adjusted in "System - Settings - Misc".
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Tools:
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    For the File- and SystemBrowser, new versions are provided, which
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    offer much more functionality.
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    The old versions are still offered in the Launcher, as there are still
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    some functions which are not yet available in the new tools.
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    You can switch back to make the old tools the default via the
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    "System - Settings - Tools" Dialog.
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This Documents Version: $Revision$