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This page is concerned with making ASCEND work better within Linux window managers. Similar work has been done for Windows and [[Porting_to_Mac|Mac]] but is not documented here. | This page is concerned with making ASCEND work better within Linux window managers. Similar work has been done for Windows and [[Porting_to_Mac|Mac]] but is not documented here. | ||
== Integrating with freedesktop.org == | == Integrating with freedesktop.org == | ||
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The ASCEND RPM and Deb packages include file association (for double-click opening of .a4c and .a4l models) and registration of ASCEND in the system's Applications menu. | The ASCEND RPM and Deb packages include file association (for double-click opening of .a4c and .a4l models) and registration of ASCEND in the system's Applications menu. | ||
== File type registration == | == File type registration == | ||
The <tt>ascend.desktop</tt> and <tt>ascend.xml</tt> files in the <tt>pygtk/gnome</tt> directory perform application registration (add it to the 'Applications' menu in GNOME/KDE) and file type registration (allowing Nautilus to 'know' that the file must be run with ASCEND or else edited with gedit, for example). | The <tt>ascend.desktop</tt> and <tt>ascend.xml</tt> files in the <tt>pygtk/gnome</tt> directory perform application registration (add it to the 'Applications' menu in GNOME/KDE) and file type registration (allowing Nautilus to 'know' that the file must be run with ASCEND or else edited with gedit, for example). | ||
== Syntax highlighting == | == Syntax highlighting == | ||
There is a separate page on applying [[syntax highlighting]] with various gedit, emacs, ViewVC, LyX and other tools on Linux. | There is a separate page on applying [[syntax highlighting]] with various gedit, emacs, ViewVC, LyX and other tools on Linux. | ||
== Help files == | == Help files == | ||
Latest revision as of 00:26, 19 May 2010
This page is concerned with making ASCEND work better within Linux window managers. Similar work has been done for Windows and Mac but is not documented here.
Integrating with freedesktop.org
This task relates to allowing ASCEND users to integrate their work in ASCEND with their usual day-to-day use of Linux. See freedesktop.org for the implementation details.
The ASCEND RPM and Deb packages include file association (for double-click opening of .a4c and .a4l models) and registration of ASCEND in the system's Applications menu.
File type registration
The ascend.desktop and ascend.xml files in the pygtk/gnome directory perform application registration (add it to the 'Applications' menu in GNOME/KDE) and file type registration (allowing Nautilus to 'know' that the file must be run with ASCEND or else edited with gedit, for example).
Syntax highlighting
There is a separate page on applying syntax highlighting with various gedit, emacs, ViewVC, LyX and other tools on Linux.
Help files
GNOME supports reading of documentation through the 'yelp' documentation browser. We aim to convert the documentation into a form that can be viewed through this program, then to make the necessary linkages to the help documentation from the PyGTK GUI.
See Documenting ASCEND for more information.