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JoeG
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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:01 am Post subject: 8 tiny steps to fluxbox background heaven! |
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Getting any backgrounds into the fluxbox menu was a mystery to me until I started hacking around my system. Here's what I found:
Default system images are stored in: /usr/share/commonbox/backgrounds/
The default backgrounds menu item is:
/usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu
You need xv installed to make this all work.
So armed, I did this:
| Code: | Download the tarball from ftp://ftp.cis.upenn.edu/pub/xv/xv-3.10a.tar.gz
Copy the tarball to /usr/portage/distfiles/
Run emerge xv
Copy /usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu to ~/.fluxbox/
Create the folder ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/ and place your images there
Edit your ~/.fluxbox/menu file and replace the following line:
[include] (/usr/share/commonbox/imagebgmenu)
with this one:
[include] (~/.fluxbox/imagebgmenu)
Edit your ~/.fluxbox/imagebgmenu so that it is similar to mine shown here:
[submenu] (background images) {choose image...}
[submenu] (System Images)
[exec] (gentoo) {xv -root -rmode 5 -max -quit /usr/share/commonbox/backgrounds/gentoo.jpg}
[exec] (potter) {xv -root -rmode 5 -max -quit /usr/share/commonbox/backgrounds/shot0001.jpg}
[end]
[submenu] (User Images)
[exec] (gentoo) {xv -root -rmode 5 -max -quit ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/gentoo-box-1280x1024.png}
[exec] (powered by) {xv -root -rmode 5 -max -quit ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/powered-big.png}
[exec] (potter) {xv -root -rmode 5 -max -quit ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/shot0001.jpg}
[end]
[end]
Enjoy your new backgrounds from Settings -> background images -> User Images |
It's a few steps, but this way, users have their own folders in which to store images instead of you having to provide them or allowing them write access to /usr/share/commonbox/backgrounds/. I shudder at the mere thought. 
Happy Hacking
--Joe
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panthar
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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The *box window managers have some nice utility packages that can help you in your quest for a background without resorting to XV 
Take a look at the x11-misc/commonbox-utils package, which includes these small, helpful apps:
| Code: | /usr/bin/bsetroot
/usr/bin/bsetbg
/usr/bin/commonbox-imagebgmenugen
/usr/bin/commonbox-menugen |
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kitano
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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you *really* have a harry_potter background ???
I'm inbetween LOLing and PUKEing...
=)
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JoeG
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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LOL, kitano.
Actually, i was playing the DVD for my daughter and inadvertantly took a screenshot...figured I'd put the image to use for something.
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enrique
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JoeG
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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Thx, enrique... hadn't had time to sit down and script any. Automation is very nice.
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wouzer
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2003 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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panthar, not meaning to irritate you but your signature doesn't make sense.
"11" means "3". It should be "there are 10 types of people" while "10" means "2". I gues you don't understand binary your self :)
It might be a joke, but i guess most people who do understand binary, don't get it.
Again, I'm not offending you, but it looks a little silly.
Greetings Wouzer51
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jrollins
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| Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| wouzer wrote: | panthar, not meaning to irritate you but your signature doesn't make sense.
"11" means "3". It should be "there are 10 types of people" while "10" means "2". I gues you don't understand binary your self 
It might be a joke, but i guess most people who do understand binary, don't get it.
Again, I'm not offending you, but it looks a little silly.
Greetings Wouzer51 |
That's the joke...he can't count in binary. |
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