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D. M. P. inc Apprentice
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 228 Location: /home/dmpinc
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:04 pm Post subject: fluxbox menu transparent help?? |
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You can make your menus transparent if you are running a recent version of fluxbox (0.9.2 or above) by changing the "Menu Alpha" value in the configure menu. 255 = Opaque, 0 = Invisible (completely transparent). A value around 160 seems to satisfy most people.
where can i change menu alpha and where can i do all this stuff?? _________________ Live And Learn. |
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mike4148 l33t
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 641
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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First, you have to be running fluxbox 0.9.2 or above. This is currently masked; you'll have to
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" to install it. For example,
Code: | ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge fluxbox |
Once you're up and running in fluxbox, rightclick on the root window and navigate to Settings->Configure (actually, that's
for 0.1.xxxx; they may have moved it around, but it should still be easily found) to find the mentioned "configure menu." |
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D. M. P. inc Apprentice
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 228 Location: /home/dmpinc
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Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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if i do this will i lose any setup i did?? or anythin like that?? _________________ Live And Learn. |
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D. M. P. inc Apprentice
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 228 Location: /home/dmpinc
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:30 am Post subject: |
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hmm i cant find any of that
where can i find this
255 = Opaque, 0 = Invisible ???
or where i put it _________________ Live And Learn. |
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tad Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 82 Location: Portland, OR (5-to-tha-Izzo-3)
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:56 am Post subject: |
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It should be in fluxbox -> configuration, or something close to that. If you don't have a config menu, run fluxbox-menu-generate (I think that's the name). |
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D. M. P. inc Apprentice
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 228 Location: /home/dmpinc
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:21 am Post subject: |
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how do i run fluxbox-menu-generate??? i dnt kn
Latest version available: 0.1.14-r2
i dnt know if this helps but i install this version of fluxbox
btw this is what i only have on my setting configure file
[submenu] (Settings)
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (/usr/share/commonbox/styles)
[end]
[include] (/usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu)
[include] (/usr/share/commonbox/solidbgmenu)
[config] (Configure)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[end] _________________ Live And Learn. |
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Roguelazer Veteran
Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Posts: 1233 Location: San Francisco, CA
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm... I changed the alpha value, but the menus aren't transparant... _________________ Registered Linux User #263260 |
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malloc l33t
Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 762
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:26 am Post subject: |
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you need to reload the config |
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Celtis l33t
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 737
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 11:29 am Post subject: |
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DMP: You need to use the development version in order to have transparent menus. The Stable releases are named 1.x while the development versions are named 0.9x. To install the latest development version you need to use the following:
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emerge /usr/portage/x11-wm/fluxbox/fluxbox-0.9.6_pre9.ebuild
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Roguelazer: How did you set your background? That sometimes affects the transparency |
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D. M. P. inc Apprentice
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 228 Location: /home/dmpinc
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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i use this to make my background
bsetbg -f ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/zimdib_dark.png
+ can someonet tell me how to add gkrellm on .xinitrc?? _________________ Live And Learn. |
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monotux l33t
Joined: 09 Sep 2003 Posts: 751 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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D. M. P. inc wrote: | how do i run fluxbox-menu-generate??? i dnt kn
Latest version available: 0.1.14-r2
i dnt know if this helps but i install this version of fluxbox
btw this is what i only have on my setting configure file
[submenu] (Settings)
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[submenu] (Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (/usr/share/commonbox/styles)
[end]
[include] (/usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu)
[include] (/usr/share/commonbox/solidbgmenu)
[config] (Configure)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[end] |
Code: | fluxbox-generate_menu |
after you've generated your menu, you will have to reload your config - either by restarting fluxbox, or using the lamer function "Reload Config" _________________ Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. |
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D. M. P. inc Apprentice
Joined: 29 Sep 2003 Posts: 228 Location: /home/dmpinc
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 6:58 pm Post subject: |
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i got gkrellm to work and how looks good and got menu to be transparent
but i lost da [alt+f1, f2, f3] to change tabs?? can someone tell me how to fix this _________________ Live And Learn. |
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