Noob Needs Fluxbox configuration help.

[Clapper]

A few questions, maybe you can answer one or more of them for me:

My applications keep opening with their windows going "under" the slit. If I maximize them, they observe the slit space, but, when opening, they go under it. How can I prevent this?

I could find any way, with the Gentoo build, to enable transparancy. How can I do this?

How can I get those "rounded" windows, like I see in a lot of people's screen shots?

I tried to add a wall paper to my background, but the settings/backgroundimages does not let me browse for one. Is there a file or something I can designate this in?

Thanks!

[scootersmk]

Sorry i cant help on any of your other questions, but i keep a pretty simple fluxbox config(no slit, no fancy themes), but I can help you with your background wallpaper.

in .fluxbox/menu it point to another file for a list of background images

this file is called /usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu

here is what my imagebgmenu file looks like just change the path to your image you want for the background

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[submenu] (background images) {choose image...}
        [exec] (Space Cycle) {bsetbg /home/scooter/pics/gentoo.jpg}
[end]

hope that helps...

[ozonator]

My applications keep opening with their windows going "under" the slit. If I maximize them, they observe the slit space, but, when opening, they go under it. How can I prevent this?

Try in the fluxbox menu, settings -> configure -> slit -> layer, and choose normal, bottom, or desktop.

I could find any way, with the Gentoo build, to enable transparancy. How can I do this?

Transparency of the slit or the root menu? Make sure you're using fluxbox 0.9.x, and look for settings -> configure -> menu alpha (for the menu) and slit -> alpha for the slit. The alpha setting is a number from 0 (completely transparent) to 255 (opaque); left-click on that menu option to reduce it, right-click to increase it, then reload config to make the settings take effect.

How can I get those "rounded" windows, like I see in a lot of people's screen shots?

The theme must include rounded corners, e.g. FIRST or SECOND (see the development screenshots page on the fluxbox site).

I tried to add a wall paper to my background, but the settings/backgroundimages does not let me browse for one. Is there a file or something I can designate this in?

scootersmk's answer describes well how to put images in your background menu. If you just want to set a single preferred background image, you can also manually edit ~/.fluxbox/init, add a line like this, and reload your config:

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session.screen0.rootCommand:    <background setting command> <image file>

For a background command, I use wmsetbg ('wmsetbg -s image.jpg'), but there are others. This configuration item overrides any background specified by a style, so you can change styles without losing your background. More details are in the fluxbox documentation.

[Clapper]

Clapper wrote:


My applications keep opening with their windows going "under" the slit. If I maximize them, they observe the slit space, but, when opening, they go under it. How can I prevent this?



Try in the fluxbox menu, settings -> configure -> slit -> layer, and choose normal, bottom, or desktop.

Thanks for all the help. The most vexing, problem, however, with apps like konqueror especially, is the windows opening in the slit space. I tried the above suggestions, but the windows still seem to either open under, or over the slit. Anything else I should check?

[ikaro]

Try right clicking on the window decor of Konq. and choose layer and chose above dock / or normal.
then in tat same menu choose : REmember possition.
now close and open the browser again.

did it work ?