10-16-2008
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Originally Posted by
cfajohnson
It is wasteful (in terms of both time and resources) to use an external program to do something that the shell can do internally.
i understand where you are coming from. but there are few situations i can think of that using shell provided internals are not suitable
1) writing portable scripts. The syntax that you use for string manipulations in bash for example, is not universal for every shell
2) doing more complex string manipulation like grouped pattern matches.
3) and of course, using sed to go over files can be faster than using pure shell constructs.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
gnome-appearance-properties
gnome-appearance-properties(1) User Commands gnome-appearance-properties(1)
NAME
gnome-appearance-properties - configure GNOME desktop appearance
SYNOPSIS
gnome-appearance-properties [--install-theme=file] [--show-page=page] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
The GNOME appearance preference tool enables you to select how your GNOME desktop is themed. The theme controls the appearance of GNOME-
compliant application interface items. For example, the theme affects the appearance of buttons, scrollbar, check boxes, and so on. This
preference tool can also be used to configure the background image, fonts used by the desktop, and the visual appearance of the GNOME
panel.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-i, --install-theme=file Installs the specified theme file.
-p, --show-page=page Specify the page, or tab, to display. The value can be: theme, background, fonts, or interface.
gnome-std-options Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more infor-
mation.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Launching the gnome-appearance-properties tool
example% gnome-appearance-properties
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/gnome-appearance-properties
Executable for gnome-appearance-properties
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-desktop-prefs |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |Volatile |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Preference Tools Manual
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
gnome-control-center(1), attributes(5) gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Glynn Foster, updated by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2007.
SunOS 5.11 09 Nov 2007 gnome-appearance-properties(1)