# Matchbox Manual

### Matthew Allum

OpenedHand Ltd
`<mallum@openedhand.com>`

This is version 1.0 of The Matchbox manual.

Copyright © 2005 OpenedHand Ltd

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. You may obtain a copy of the GNU Free Documentation License from the Free Software Foundation by visiting their Web site or by writing to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

## 1. Introduction

The Matchbox project aims to increase X Windows practicality and usability on embedded type hardware by providing a number of interchangeable tools that make up a flexible lightweight base user interface.

This includes at its a core a stack based PDA style window manager. Also included is a panel or dock, a PDA style launcher, software input methods and more.

This manual outlines the usage of the projects core applications. For newer applications not covered here refer to the individual package's README file or doc directory.