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exhausted n00b
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Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:11 am Post subject: I want fluxbox-1.1.1-r3! How can I get it? [SOLVED] |
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fluxbox-1.1.1-r3 is no longer in Portage. I tried rolling my own (I created an overlay, got the fluxbox-1.1.1-r3 ebuild, hunted down the patch files, and tried to make it work, but I couldn't get it to compile. Maybe I got the wrong versions of the patch files.)
Is there somewhere that I can get a proper ebuild and all the correct files?
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Jaglover Watchman
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 8291 Location: Saint Amant, Acadiana
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exhausted n00b
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Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Good point.
Fluxbox used to handle moving maximized windows properly: When a user moved a maximized window, Fluxbox would automatically turn off the window's maximized state but leave the window the same size.
For a long time, this has been broken. Now when a user moves a maximized window, the window's maximized state stays turned on. As a result, you can move a maximized window, but the window will just snap back to its screen filling maximized state as soon as you release the mouse button. I find it incredibly annoying. I love Fluxbox and I've been using it happily for probably around a decade now, but I just can't deal with the newer behavior.
I remember seeing at least one bug report filed about this, but I have little expectation that the issue will actually get fixed. If I had the time and the pre-requisite programming skill, I wouldn't mind trying to fix it myself, but (sadly) I'm a bit challenged on both those points. |
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frostschutz Advocate
Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 2977 Location: Germany
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Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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exhausted wrote: | Now when a user moves a maximized window, the window's maximized state stays turned on. As a result, you can move a maximized window, but the window will just snap back to its screen filling maximized state as soon as you release the mouse button. I find it incredibly annoying. |
First time I notice this. I never try to move maximized windows apparently.
It still works if the Window wasn't maximized directly but put to maximum size by other means, e.g. :ArrangeWindowsVertical (which kind of tiles windows) "maximizes" if it was the only window. If your maximized windows are usually single windows on that workspace, it might be a viable workaround. Maybe another workaround could be found, not sure what else fluxbox offers in terms of window arrangements.
exhausted wrote: | I remember seeing at least one bug report filed about this, but I have little expectation that the issue will actually get fixed. |
I reported a fluxbox bug myself recently and the author was very responsive and helpful. |
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exhausted n00b
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Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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Where can I get the files I need to put fluxbox-1.1.1-r3 into a local overlay and compile it? Is there anywhere I can find the ebuild with the correct patch files? |
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desultory Bodhisattva
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Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:20 am Post subject: |
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There is, download the ebuild, then download the patches named in the ebuild, on lines of the form 'epatch "${FILESDIR}/name"', they will be under the files directory linked from that same page. Put all in a local overlay, generate a manifest for it, then mask newer versions unless manually downgrading is your preferred form of practice with your package manager. |
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exhausted n00b
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Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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This is terribly late, but thank you, desultory! I now have a version of Fluxbox that predates the version that broke the window maximized state toggling. |
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