Changing Fluxbox Design

[jlowell]

Until now, I've never used a window manager without running a desktop too. I'm running Fluxbox by itself and like the simplicity but would like to somehow edit out part of it's design. Everytime I run a terminal or a program in Fluxbox, in the upper left there appears something like a little tab that shows the program's name, or at least part of it if the name is too long. I'd love to get rid of that little tab. Can it be done somehow?

jlowell

[evidence]

in the menu, click on 'settings' then 'configure' then 'use tabs'.

[jlowell]

evidence,

That's got it! Thanks, evidence!

jlowell

[floam]

if you dont like all the useless extras of fluxbox, ide reccomend openbox. ohh. love.

[evidence]

[al]

Evidence: What patch is that? Sounds interesting.

I love Fluxbox and anything that can improve its functionality is fair game for me.

[evidence]

Remember Patch adds 'remember' functionality like enlightenment has. You can remember what size you want apps to start at, or specify what desktop you'd like an app to start in. Pretty nice. To get it working do this:

Edit the fluxbox-0.1.14-r1 ebuild by uncommenting the following line

[al]

Evidence:

Sorry for being thick as sh*t in a bottle,but i presumed you meant to extract the ebuild file then edit the config file to find the "#epatch ${FILESDIR}/${P}-remember.patch " line,but when i do that then search for the line with "kedit" i get nothing!

Am i missing something,or have i drunk to much of this lovely Jameson Irish Whiskey(established since 1780)?

I never get these problems when i drink my usual Jack Daniels Tennessee sour mash Whiskey(est. & reg. in 1866)

He,He I love being an alchoholic-computers & drink after a hard weeks work.Does life get much better?

Or am i just a boring old fart?(33yrs going on 90)

Ramble,ramble

[evidence]

Uncomment that line in this file

[easykill]

[al]

Hey,I just re-emerged fluxbox with the remember patch and it works a treat!

Cheers for that-Fluxbox just got better-don't know why it isn't configured as standard.

[ggelln]

thanks for the remember tip!

fixed my only complaint against fluxbox . . .
it is perfect,
just perfect . . .

Gabriel

[oregonshoegazer]

i have a question that pertains to this subject as well as the idea of the evolution of ebuilds.

for fluxbox ebuild fluxbox-0.1.14.ebuild, there is no "src_unpack" function as there is in fluxbox-0.1.14-r1.ebuild. accordingly, there is no patch option for "remember" with the fluxbox-0.1.14.ebuild. i have a couple of questions:

1. are patches only contained in release candidate ebuilds?
2. is there a way to include the "remember" patch with the fluxbox-0.1.14.ebuild just by copying in that "src_unpack" function?
3. how could i opt for the fluxbox-0.1.14-r1.ebuild instead of the fluxbox-0.1.14.ebuild when emerging?

thanks much. ah... crap... i'm late for work. if only gentoo weren't so interesting...

[easykill]

as far as i know, the ebuilds without the -rX whatever are just the plain source from the developer

the -rX builds are ones taht have been patched by gentoo, either with fixes for security, or other patches and stuff...sometimes they incorporate new features from CVS, etc...

I could be wrong on that though

[commanderfoxtrot]

[evidence]

In flux, you have to configure shortcut keys the way you want them.
You can do this by editing ~/.fluxbox/keys or by emerging 'fluxconf' which comes with 'fluxkeys'. Adding the following line to your ~/.fluxbox/keys file will make alt+tab switch between apps on your current desktop.

[Arthur Vandelay]

Wow, havn't seen The Kids in the Hall in ages. You made my day.

PS. I'm crushing your head....I'm crushing your head....

[Attis SH]

[oregonshoegazer]

i think i called it "release candidate" just because i had finished doing an install and had "rc3" on the brain. thanks attis.

thanks also for the blurb from the dev docs. haven't had time to read those yet... so when you say "just upgrade the package", you mean:

[Attis SH]

[Attis SH]