Flux and USE variables

[Jet Dee]

Hey, done a lot of searching on fluxbox, and it seems i'll be going that way tomorrow. Something caught my eye, though: USE variables. As a complete newcomer to flux, will i need to worry about adding "-kde -gnome" or any other flags to, er, make.conf is it? I'm not quite sure about which apps i'll be using, most likely mozilla/opera, xmms, xine, and gaim or equivalent.

[di1bert]

Have a read through the USE flag howto at
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/use-howto.xml

It's a good intro to the world of USE flags....
I personally have -kde -qt and -gnome in my make.conf and my system runs like a cat on acid...

So yeah...just play with it until you get it just the way you want...

Note: emerge -pv <APPLICATION> is your friend

-- di1bert
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[Anacific]

I have -kde -gnome set in my USE flags and everything works just fine (w/ fluxbox)

Of course, if something doesn't work you can check with emerge -pv and then turn those flags on just for that application.

[Megaptera]

One of the nice things about Flux is its tiny size -- if you decide later on that USE="-bob" was a mistake, you can just change it and recompile really quickly with "bob" in make.conf. It's not like recompiling the whole of Gnome or KDE, thankfully.

Incidentally, if you're not comfortable messing about with make.conf yet, then try using ufed; it's basically a simple interface to select or remove USE flags. It's in portage.

[aLEczapKA]

Compiling flulxbox with USE="kde" will just add a tiny code to handle kde tray applications - with this option enabled they can dock onto the fluxbox slit as they would normally dock onto kicker.

Compiling fluxbox with USE="gnome" will add support for gnome hints - i.e. you can tell xmms to stay sticky or/and ontop...

Adding this options is a good idea.
There is no difference with size (tiny) or how fluxbox performs with/without gnome,kde enabled - and you never really know when you need it