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    <title>User Defaults Summary for GNUstep Libraries</title>
    <author name="Adam Fedor">
      <email address="fedor@gnu.org"/>
      <url url="http://www.gnustep.org/developers/whoiswho.html"/>
    </author>
    <author name="Nicola Pero">
      <email address="n.pero@mi.flashnet.it"/>
      <url url="http://www.gnustep.org/developers/whoiswho.html"/>
    </author>
    <version>$Revision$</version>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <copy>2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.</copy>
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  <body>
    <chapter>
      <heading>Defaults Summary</heading>
      <p>
        This document contains a summary of available user default values that
        one can set to control the operation of the GNUstep libraries.  To set
        a default, use the <code>defaults write (domain) (key) (value)</code>
        command in a terminal, with the <code>NSGlobalDomain</code> as first
        argument.  E.g.,
      </p>
      <example>
          defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-art
      </example>
      <p>To read out the value set for the default, use <code>defaults read
         (domain) [(key)]</code>.  If you do not specify the key, every
         key-value pair in the domain will be printed.
      </p>
      <p>
          Other domains besides the system level domain
          "<code>NSGlobalDomain</code>" include the application domains, named
          for each application that has registered defaults, and the temporary
          runtime "<code>NSArgumentDomain</code>" for command line arguments.
          At runtime there is also a "<code>NSRegistrationDomain</code>", a
          second-chance domain in which "defaults for defaults" can be
          registered, and possibly also domains for specific locales.
      </p>
      <section>
        <heading>GUI Library Defaults</heading>
      <p>
        Below is a list of defaults used to control the gnustep-gui library.
        You can set them either in <code>NSGlobalDomain</code>, to be used
        everywhere, or in individual application domains, to be used for those
        apps only.
      </p>
      <deflist>
	  <term>GSBackend</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A string containing the name of the backend bundle to use
          for display specific GUI handling. The default is
          "libgnustep-back". Custom backends can be created during compilation
	  of the libraries. Any other choice for a name is thus system
	  specific.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSBrowserCellFontify</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A boolean value, <code>NO</code> by default.  When the feature is on,
          NSBrowserCell draws non-leaf cells in bold system font.
          For example, when the feature is on, in a SavePanel (or OpenPanel),
          directory entries are drawn in bold, while simple files are drawn in
          non bold.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSAbortKey</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  The key used to abort the insertion of multi-stroke keybinding.
	  Default is <code>Control-g</code>.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSAppKitUserBundles</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  An array listing the names of bundles that will be automatically
	  loaded into every application at startup. Typically these will
	  be 'theme' bundles that control the look of the application.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSQuoteKey</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  The key used to quote the next keystroke (so that it is not
	  interpreted as a keybinding, but just inserted into the text as
	  it is).  Default is <code>Control-q</code>.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSUseGhostResize</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A boolean, by default NO.  If you set it to YES, NSSplitView
	  uses a 'ghost' bar to show resizing instead of doing a live
	  resizing of the views.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSHelpViewer</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A string which can be used to specify the name of the application
	  to be used to view application help.<br />  If this is not specified
	  (or is an empty string) the 'best' available viewer is used (an
	  application whose Info.plist says that it can view files of the
	  appropriate type ... usually rtp or rtfd files).<br />
	  If this is set to <code>NSHelpPanel</code> or if no application can
	  be used to view the help file, the help is displayed by the
	  shared help panel object built in to the application.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSInsertControlKeystrokes</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A boolean, by default NO.  If you set it to YES, keystrokes
	  containing a Control are inserted into the text when they can't
	  be interpreted as keybindings.  By default, they are ignored
	  and cause the computer to beep.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSKeyBindingsFiles</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          An array of strings, <code>(DefaultKeyBindings)</code> by
          default.  The strings in this array (with <code>.dict</code>
          appended) are the names of the files the library reads to
          load the keybindings.  For each of these files (in the order), 
          the library first tries to read the file with that name from
          the
          <code>$GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT/Libraries/Resources/KeyBindings/</code>
          directory, loading all the keybindings it finds in the file,
          then it loads the similar file from
          <code>$GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT</code> and then the similar one
          from <code>$GNUSTEP_NETWORK_ROOT</code> and at last the one
          from <code>$GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT</code>.  If you have a single
	  set of customized keybindings which you want to be loaded in
          addition to the default ones (or overriding some of the default
	  ones), just add a <code>DefaultKeybindings.dict</code> file
	  in your <code>~/GNUstep/Libraries/Resources/KeyBindings/</code>
          directory, and keybindings from this file are automatically
          loaded in addition to the default ones; you do not need to
          change this user default.  If instead you want more keybinding
          files to be loaded, or you do not want the system default keybindings
          file to be loaded, you might well need to change it.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSKeyBindings</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A dictionary, containing keybindings which are loaded by the
          library after the ones found in the <code>GSKeyBindingsFiles</code>.
          Might be useful if you have only a couple of keybindings, and
          don't want to write a custom keybindings file.  If you have many
          keybindings, it is recommended that you keep them in a file.
          The syntax of keybindings entries and files is documented elsewhere.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSLPRPrinters</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  Specifies a dictionary containing printer information for the
	  GSLPR printer bundle.  See the bundle source for details.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSSavePanelShowProgress</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A boolean value, <code>NO</code> by default.  When the
          feature is on, the save panel and its subclasses (such as
          the open panel) displays "Reading Directory ***.."
          (progressively adding dots) in the window titlebar while
          reading very big directories (more than 100 entries).  This
          is meant to make things friendlier for slow computers.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSUnknownFileTool</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A string value that defines a program that should be launched
          when no GNUstep application has been defined for a specific
          file extension or if an URL could not be opened by a service.
          This program gets the file name or URL as parameter.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSUseFreedesktopThumbnails</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A boolean value, <code>NO</code> by default.  When the
          feature is on, thumbnail files according to the Freedesktop
	  specification are used in [NSWorkspace iconForFile:] when available.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSLogWorkspaceTimeout</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A boolean value that defaults to <code>NO</code>. This is a
          obscure and probably not useful default. NSWorkspace tries
          to receive distributed notifications, but if a distributed
          objects server cannot be found or some other error occurs,
          it raises an exception which normally terminates the
          program. Setting this default causes NSWorkspace to just log
          the problem without raising an exception.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSWorkspaceApplication</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A string value that defaults to <code>"GWorkspace"</code>.
          This defines the application NSWorkspace will try to
          connect to process some operations that require an external
          application. This is a new feature and has not been tested. 
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSSuppressAppIcon</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A boolean value, <code>NO</code> by default. Specifies wether the
	  application icon window should not be displayed. Set to <code>YES</code>
	  for background server applications.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSControlKeyString</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A string used in the menu to signify that the control key needs to 
          be pressed together with the key equivalent of the menu item. 
          Default "^".
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSAlternateKeyString</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A string used in the menu to signify that the alternate key needs to 
          be pressed together with the key equivalent of the menu item. 
          Default "+".
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSScrollerArrowsSameEnd</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  YES if the scroller arrows are at the same end.
	  NO to get one scroller arrow at each end of the scroller.
	  
	  If not set, the behaviour is delegated to NSScrollerInterfaceStyle.

          Default YES.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSScrollerScrollsByPage</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  YES if clicking in the scroller slot should scroll by one page,
	  NO if the scroller should jump to the location clicked.

	  If not set, the behaviour is delegated to NSScrollerInterfaceStyle.

          Default NO.
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSShiftKeyString</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A string used in the menu to signify that the shift key needs to 
          be pressed together with the key equivalent of the menu item. 
          Default "/".
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>GSCommandKeyString</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
	  A string used in the menu to signify that the command key needs to 
          be pressed together with the key equivalent of the menu item. 
          Default "#".
	  </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSInterfaceStyleDefault</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A string describing the interface style. Setting this may
          change various aspects of how the library draws elements and
          responds to user interaction. See the NSInterfaceStyle
          documentation for more information.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSMenuInterfaceStyle</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          An interface style specific to menu operation. If not set
          the NSInterfaceStyleDefault value is used. <br />
	  Setting this to NSMacintoshInterfaceStyle produces a horizontal
	  menu at the top of the screen.<br />
	  Setting it to NSNextStepInterfaceStyle reverts to the defaults
	  vertical menu layout.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSCommandKeys</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A dictionary of command key equivalents for menu items. The
          key contains the title of the menu item and the value is the
          command key equivalent. For instance, one might set the
          command key for the menu item "Copy" to "C".
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSHost</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          Used by NSPasteboard to find the host on which the
          pasteboard server is running.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSMeasurementUnit</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A string describing the measurement unit for rulers (see the
          NSRulerView class documentation). The default is
          Centimeters. Other possible values are Inches, Points, and Picas.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSPreviewApp</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          A string value that defaults to <code>"gv"</code>.
          This defines the application NSPrintOperation will try to
          connect to preview PostScript files, unless there is already
	  an application registed as a Viewer of ps files.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSShowNonLocalizedStrings</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          This is mainly a developer option.  If "YES", the application will
          display localization keys instead of strings in its UI.  This can be
          useful during development to see where a given string in the UI is
          "coming from".  Default is "NO".
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term>NSUseRunningCopy</term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          This determines the behavior of an applicationms when a second copy
	  is started up.<br />
	  If set to YES the newly started copy makes the process which is
	  already running active, then terminates itsself.<br />
	  If set to NO, the newly started copy runs, but has a different
	  name (so it cannot be contacted to provide services for other
	  applications).
          </p>
	  </desc>
	  <term><em>System Colors</em></term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          System colors are standard colors for drawing various GUI elements,
          such as buttons, text, scroller, etc. They can be set using
	  the normal user defaults system. An NSColorList called
	  "System"  is stored in the users's private color list
	  directory. This color list can also be manipulated through the
	  NSColorList class (typically through a preferences module).
          </p>
	  <p>
	  Individual system colors may be set by specifying the name of
	  the system color and giving it a value consisting of aan RGB
	  color specification (three floating point numbers in the range
	  0.0 to 1.0 and separated by spaces).<br />
	  eg.<br />
	  'defaults write NSGlobalDomain controlBackgroundColor "1.0 0.0 0.0"'
          </p>

	  </desc>
	  <term><em>System Fonts</em></term>
	  <desc>
          <p>
          System Fonts may be set using the defaults system. System
          fonts are standard fonts for drawing text in GUI
          elements. They include NSBoldFont, for instance. The value
          is the name of the font to use. There is also a
          cooresponding size key (e.g. NSBoldFontSize) for specifying
          the point size of the font. The keys that can be used for
          setting the system fonts are described in the documentation
          for NSFont.
          </p>
	  </desc>
	</deflist>

      </section>
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