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superuser
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 Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:14 pm Post subject: tips for fluxbox [Part 1] |
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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.
| Code: | | emerge gkrellm-plugins |
Then, edit ~/.fluxbox/startup to start gkrellm by default:
| Code: | gkrellm -w &
exec /usr/bin/fluxbox |
By now you should be able to configure gkrellm via your mouse (right click, configuration). |
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mr sk
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, fluxbox is the sh!t.
I'm using transparent aterms, looks good.
I'm going emerge that package gkrellm right now....
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mr sk
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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To add that, first
then in your .fluxbox directory,
and add
| Code: | | [exec] (aterm) {aterm -bg black -fg white -tr} |
That will add aterm to your menu, so you can just open it.
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mr sk
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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@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..
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rcxAsh
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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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.
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| mr sk wrote: | | can i get transparent GKrellm themes? or how can i edit it to be transparent??? |
| Code: | | emerge gkrellm-themes |
Portage has a handy search feature: emerge -s search-term  |
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Wolven
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to "see" your virtual desktops there is a nice app called FbPager
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Jaspersan
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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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 
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Gil galad
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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perseguidor
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 6:07 am Post subject: |
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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.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:36 am Post subject: |
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If you like a transparant, borderless console you can emerge aterm and add this to your ~/.fluxbox/menu
| Code: | [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}
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You'll want to edit the geometry (-g 130x40+100-100) so the window size and placement suits you.
# man aterm is your friend.  |
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:54 am Post subject: |
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Go to my website. I have a section under Linux tips for Fluxbox. Also, some feedback on stuff to add would be nice.  |
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killfire
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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desktop icons... and again,
(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....
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Frodg
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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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.....
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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<fanboyism>
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emerge -C fluxbox && emerge openbox
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nsahoo
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice thread. I liked fluxbox from the beginning but, didn't know how to set it up right. |
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nsahoo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 2:27 am Post subject: |
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I emerged gkrellm-themes, still I get only the default theme in the configuration window  |
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GatoVolador
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:38 am Post subject: |
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| 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....
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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,
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| 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). |
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mr sk
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:13 am Post subject: |
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How to a 'print screen' my desktop?!
and where does it save it?
also, can i configure torsmo?
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killfire
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 3:48 am Post subject: |
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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.....
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vla_do
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| killfire wrote: | | move is to ~/.torsmo.conf |
Default configuration file is $HOME/.torsmorc |
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tomaw
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:40 am Post subject: |
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| 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.
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Devilspie would be one.
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mr sk
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| Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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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...
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