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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr Sk, we really ought to do so. Given the information of this thread we already have some basics to build upon -- I'll join the team.

How about creating a project page with a maling list and distributing some smaller tasks for every project member instead of letting one person do the whole work itself?
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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

Default configuration file is $HOME/.torsmorc


sorry, my mistake (i have to do all internet in osx, because of conexant modem).... i was doing that from memory, thanks for correcting it.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is a tidbit I found usefull.
Using...
Code:
bsetbg -f /wallpaper.png
...as described in ~/.fluxbox/startup doesn't work very well if your wallpaper is larger or smaller than your desktop resolution. One solution is to use another app to render the desktop image such as feh.
Code:
emerge feh

Edit your ~/.fluxbox/init and change 'session.screen0.rootCommand:' to
Code:
session.screen0.rootCommand:    feh --bg-scale /path/to/wallpaper.png

Or to tile wallpaper this works
Code:
session.screen0.rootCommand:    feh --bg-tile /path/to/wallpaper.png

There are probably other options. I don't know.
Don't forget to comment out the bsetbg line in ~/.fluxbox/startup before using this method.
Restart fluxbox for changes to take effect.

Have fun 8)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oops

Last edited by nsahoo on Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:46 pm; edited 1 time in total
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

it was also posted earlier.....

when Pwnz3r posted his website, if you looked on it, it mentioned this...

not that it isnt useful enough to warant another look :)

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Woopsie! :oops:

Sorry 'bout that.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds good. I'll get working on it. I'll p.m you.

Thanks, I'm going to check out torsmo config now....
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I searched my system but could not find a torsmo config or example config file. Can someone post one?

Also - are they any transparent file managers? or file managers that can be configured to be transparent?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I searched my system but could not find a torsmo config or example config file. Can someone post one?

Also - are they any transparent file managers? or file managers that can be configured to be transparent? :wink:
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mr sk wrote:
Also - are they any transparent file managers? or file managers that can be configured to be transparent? :wink:


Evidence may be worth a look. They seem to be working on transparent theming. Check out this screenshot.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

@mr sk:

i would post, but i have no website on which to post,

so find the torsmo tzr.gz (or tar.bz2, cant remember which) in the distfiles (/usr/portage/distfiles by default) and extract it to where ever.

then go into where you extracted it to, and there is a .torsmorc.sample or something allong those lines.

copy it to ~/.torsmorc and enjoy the comments.

if i find a website to host me for free, ill post my config, but its pretty straightforward.

if i knew how to write ebuilds, i would change it to move the sample, but i only know basic python.... :)
[EDIT]
stupid me, not python, its just a bash script, but ive never written them, i may take a look though [/EDIT]
hope that works out for you,

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ROX is definately an awesome filemanager and desktop manager.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 10:53 am    Post subject: Eterm without scrollbar and menubar with shade + borderless Reply with quote

add this to your menu after u emerged eterm:
Code:
Eterm --borderless --buttonbar 0 --trans --shade 30 --scrollbar false


with alt + right/left mousebutton u can move or maximize the window. to close it use exit
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 1:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I made a transparent theme using the K5-FVWM theme. Here is a screenshot of me using it. If anyone wants it or wants to know how to make a theme transparent IM/PM me as I have not put the theme on my site yet.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 4:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Instead of gkrellm, I prefer gdesklets, tho all builds are masked. Take a look of what it offers at: http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org
Code:
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge gdesklets-core

and for the desklets themselves ;)
Code:
emerge search desklets


When you start having plenty of startup-apps eg. idesk, gdesklets and all those little dockapps, you can always go for fluxspace, which is an application meant to ease workspace & desktop management.

Code:
emerge fluxspace


Fluxspace stores it configuration file to ~/.fluxbox/fluxspace.xml which is fairly easy to modify.

I myself use fluxspace to start gdesklets, idesk and set my background image, helps keep .fluxbox/init clean :)
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GDesklets are massive ram and cpu whores.. use torsmo.

Way less resources and just as neat.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PickledOnion wrote:
If you have done that then check .gkrellm2/themes to see if any are actaully in the correct folder.
I've emerged gkrellm-themes and know that they are installed, but can't find anything in ~/.gkrellm/themes? Has anyone found any solution to this one? nsahoo?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

my suggestion is go grab the tarball, and extract it by hand, if it doesnt work from the ebuild

but if you installed it as root, which you would have too, wouldnt it put it in roots home/.gkrellm/themes?

but my suggestion is ditch gkrellm for torsmo, its so much cooler, and it does everything i have needed it to do for me!


heres a screenshot:
http://www.sover.net/~ljohnstn/flux_august_clean.png

its in the bottom corner. and it can do everything that i have had to use gkrellm to do.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

e2k wrote:
PickledOnion wrote:
If you have done that then check .gkrellm2/themes to see if any are actaully in the correct folder.
I've emerged gkrellm-themes and know that they are installed, but can't find anything in ~/.gkrellm/themes? Has anyone found any solution to this one? nsahoo?


.gkrellm/themes or .gkrellm2/themes is a user directory. That's where gkrellm/gkrellm2 themes go that the user has downloaded (or other). Adding themes to that directory will show up in the theme window that you find in the config. window of gkrellm/gkrellm2.

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 1:58 am    Post subject: Questions about a few tips Reply with quote

Hi everyone, I've really enjoyed using these tips, but I have a question:

When I launch gkrellm using
Code:
gkrellm -w &


either from an aterm or from the ~/.fluxbox/startup file, it automatically places it in the top center of my workspace, and I cannot move it to the upper left corner where I want it.

Any tips on how to keep this from happening? It doesn't seem to be linked to "Remember -> Position" because when I do a standard
Code:
gkrellm &

It launches exactly where it should be.

Thanks!
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Methinks you need to move the slit. right click around there, (close, but not on) and look for a position.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 08, 2004 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tragek wrote:
Methinks you need to move the slit. right click around there, (close, but not on) and look for a position.


Thanks, that was it. Guess I was lumping the slit and the toolbar into the same category when they are two very separate things. :oops:
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess I am in love with flux finally. I was going on and off with kde and flux. but, now that i am forced to use it for a while 'cause I am compiling kde from the scratch, and that I am using some nice fluxmod styles .. I don't think i am going back.

Any good file manager?
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nsahoo wrote:
I guess I am in love with flux finally. I was going on and off with kde and flux. but, now that i am forced to use it for a while 'cause I am compiling kde from the scratch, and that I am using some nice fluxmod styles .. I don't think i am going back.

Any good file manager?


I use both xfe and rox..... they operate slightly differently but cover everything you need to use

(Welcome to permanent fluxville :) )
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is my torsmo config file, if it helps anyone. (Located at ~/.torsmorc)

Code:

background no
 font -*-nu-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
update_interval 5.0
own_window no
minimum_size 280 5
draw_shades yes
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
stippled_borders 0
border_margin 4
border_width 0

default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color black

alignment top_left
gap_x 8
gap_y 8
no_buffers yes
uppercase no

TEXT
$nodename - $sysname $kernel on $machine

Uptime:
 ${color grey}Uptime$color $uptime

Memory/Swap:
 ${color grey}RAM Usage:$color $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${membar 6}
 ${color grey}Swap Usage:$color $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${swapbar 6}

CPU Burn:
 ${color grey}CPU Usage:$color $cpu% ${cpubar 6}

Procs:
 ${color grey}Processes:$color $processes  ${color grey}Running:$color $running_processes



Networking:
 Up:$color ${upspeed eth0} k/s${color grey} - Down:$color ${downspeed eth0} k/s



File systems:
   Root:
    / $color${fs_free /}/${fs_size /} ${fs_bar 6 /}

   Homes:
    /home $color${fs_free /home}/${fs_size /home} ${fs_bar 6 /home}

   Opt:   
    /opt $color${fs_free /opt}/${fs_size /opt} ${fs_bar 6 /opt}

   User:
    /usr $color${fs_free /usr}/${fs_size /usr} ${fs_bar 6 /usr}


It looks very sexay with the artwiz fonts. =)
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