tips for fluxbox [Part 1]

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superuser · Post by **superuser** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:14 pm

To give you a hint of how I'd like this thread to go on, here is my first tip:

gkrellm is one of the most famous and very customziable dockapps in the world.

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emerge gkrellm-plugins

Then, edit ~/.fluxbox/startup to start gkrellm by default:

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gkrellm -w &

exec /usr/bin/fluxbox

By now you should be able to configure gkrellm via your mouse (right click, configuration).

mr sk · Post by **mr sk** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:10 pm

Yeah, fluxbox is the sh!t.

I'm using transparent aterms, looks good.

I'm going emerge that package gkrellm right now....

mr sk · Post by **mr sk** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:13 pm

To add that, first

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emerge aterm

then in your .fluxbox directory,

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nano -w menu

and add

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 [exec] (aterm) {aterm -bg black -fg white -tr}

That will add aterm to your menu, so you can just open it.

mr sk · Post by **mr sk** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:57 pm

@Superuser..

can i get transparent GKrellm themes? or how can i edit it to be transparent???

Its a cool utility, I've used something similiar in rh9, but i need transparencies..

rcxAsh · Post by **rcxAsh** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:10 pm

A nice transparent theme for gkrellm2 is called, "invisible."

You can get it and other gkrellm2 themes from http://muhri.net/gkrellm

The other transparent themes i know of are glass and glass2. However, I prefer invisible because IIRC, the glass themes have borders.

Pink · Post by **Pink** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:25 pm

mr sk wrote:can i get transparent GKrellm themes? or how can i edit it to be transparent???

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emerge gkrellm-themes

Portage has a handy search feature: emerge -s search-term

Wolven · Post by **Wolven** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:00 pm

If you want to "see" your virtual desktops there is a nice app called FbPager

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emerge fbpager

Jaspersan · Post by **Jaspersan** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:15 pm

I really want to add to this (being a flux user and all), but I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

Post later when I think of stuff

Gil galad · Post by **Gil galad** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:40 pm

Is anybody know how to lauch an application (gaim for example) in a precis desktop? I mean, at startup, I want to run some applications, but not all in destop one.

perseguidor · Post by **perseguidor** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:07 am

Well, you can right click on its titlebar and use 'remember' if it's available (I think somewhere on 0.9, maybe after 0.9.1, the remember patch was integrated into the main distribution).

This is stored in ~/.fluxbox/apps

examples:

[app] (Galeon)
[Workspace] {2}
[Position] {4 33}
[Shaded] {no}
[Layer] {8}
[Close] {yes}

[app] (Mozilla)
[Workspace] {2}

Hope this helped.

MeatHead · Post by **MeatHead** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:36 am

If you like a transparant, borderless console you can emerge aterm and add this to your ~/.fluxbox/menu

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[exec] (aterm) {aterm -name aterm -sl 3000 -tr +sb -sr -sk -bg black -fg white -fade 90 -bl -tn xterm -fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-*-120-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15 -g 130x40+100-100}

You'll want to edit the geometry (-g 130x40+100-100) so the window size and placement suits you.

# man aterm is your friend.

placeholder · Post by **placeholder** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:54 am

Go to my website. I have a section under Linux tips for Fluxbox. Also, some feedback on stuff to add would be nice.

vla_do · Post by **vla_do** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:53 am

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emerge torsmo

http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/

killfire · Post by **killfire** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:39 pm

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emerge idesk

desktop icons... and again,

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emerge torsmo

(its just that good)...

which reminds me.... is there any way to set flux to not let apps maximize beyond a certain position ( i know hwo to do it with fvwm, but i like flux better)...

or how to control where apps pop up, if they dont allow -geometry (firefox and thunderbird come to miind..)

cause otherwise, new or maxmized apps block my idesk icons and block torsmo....

killfire

Frodg · Post by **Frodg** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:08 pm

I use a couple of dockapps which sit in the slit - a mail notifier and a mount program - search for dockapps in google and choose the ones you want.....

miqorz · Post by **miqorz** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:52 pm

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emerge -C fluxbox && emerge openbox

</fanboyism>

nsahoo · Post by **nsahoo** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:37 pm

Nice thread. I liked fluxbox from the beginning but, didn't know how to set it up right.

nsahoo · Post by **nsahoo** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:27 am

I emerged gkrellm-themes, still I get only the default theme in the configuration window

GatoVolador · Post by **GatoVolador** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:38 am

killfire wrote: which reminds me.... is there any way to set flux to not let apps maximize beyond a certain position ( i know hwo to do it with fvwm, but i like flux better)...

or how to control where apps pop up, if they dont allow -geometry (firefox and thunderbird come to miind..)

cause otherwise, new or maxmized apps block my idesk icons and block torsmo....

Well, the best you could do is configure the slit so windows don't maximize over it, and this will protect a strip along one of the edges, depending on how the slit is configured. Fluxbox partially supports extended window manager hints (which would allow you to reserve space on the desktop), but I don't know that there's any way for the user to set these hints in Fluxbox.

As far as applications go, if you're using 0.9.x you should be able to right click the title bar of the app in question and do Remember->Position. This will put an entry in ~/.fluxbox/apps which you can copy/modify.

One warning though, this feature works on the class name of an app (do xprop in a terminal and select the desired window to find its class name), if you use this feature all windows with the class name will come up in the same location, i.e. dialogs for the app, other transient windows, etc. It's even more annoying if you use Remember->Dimenions, because you end up with dialogs the same size as the app window!

There are a couple apps out there that let in intercept new windows and position/size them, etc., but their names escape me right now.

Regards,
Jay

Pink · Post by **Pink** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:28 am

nsahoo wrote:I emerged gkrellm-themes, still I get only the default theme in the configuration window

Have you restarted gkrellm? As with some progs, it might not see the new additions until it restarts with them.

If you have done that then check .gkrellm2/themes to see if any are actaully in the correct folder.

If not, then make sure everything is standard, retry it and then submit a bug report about the ebuild if needed.

You can also do it by hand, put the required theme in the themes folder and slect it from there (the ebuild was meant to be the easy way - I did it by ebuild and it worked fine).

mr sk · Post by **mr sk** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:13 am

How to a 'print screen' my desktop?!
and where does it save it?

also, can i configure torsmo?

killfire · Post by **killfire** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:48 am

yes, you can configure torsmo (would be much fun if you couldnt)

tell me what i did wrong, but i had to extract the source by hand to grab the torsmo.conf.example file and move is to ~/.torsmo.conf

and then edit the file to your hearts content, its very wel commented.....

killfire

vla_do · Post by **vla_do** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:32 am

killfire wrote:move is to ~/.torsmo.conf

Default configuration file is $HOME/.torsmorc

tomaw · Post by **tomaw** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:40 am

jayb wrote: There are a couple apps out there that let in intercept new windows and position/size them, etc., but their names escape me right now.

Devilspie would be one.

mr sk · Post by **mr sk** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:41 pm

I'm sure some of you are familiar with the KDE install doc, that comes indexed after the gentoo install manual.

Someone, or someteam, should put together a decent fluxbox install and configure paper.

I'd be down to invest some time in this..let me know if some others want to work on it and we can divy up topics.....

private message me: -= ]

@Pwnz3r - nice site.
One problem I am having is; mozilla, when i exec it, opens to the full size of my screen. So the maximize/minimize button doesn't do anything. Unless I manually drag the window smaller then max/min it.
I was looking at your site about snapping the windows and pixel distances. but I dont think this is what i want...