Comments on: Beginner’s Guide to Fluxbox Configuration

By: AnilG

AnilG — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:17:00 +0000

Fortunately, Fluxbox strong focus on text files for all configuration options makes it a dream to configure. In many cases, after saving your edits in the configuration file changes in behaviour are available immediately in the environment! Fantastic!

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By: Joshua Price

Joshua Price — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:05:30 +0000

Thanks for the tip

By: Joshua Price

Joshua Price — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:05:00 +0000

Thanks for the tip

By: C. Whitman

C. Whitman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:53:32 +0000

Some of the more common options handled by the init file (like toolbar and slit options, among others) can also be changed quickly directly from the menu by choosing (main menu)->Configuration->(various options) (unless of course you’ve modified your menu to not include the items under Configuration). For instance, the toolbar width and transparency can be increased by right clicking and decreased by left clicking their respective menu items.

By: C. Whitman

C. Whitman — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:53:00 +0000

By: Destillat 22-01-2010 | duetsch.info - Open Source, Wet-, Web-, Software

Destillat 22-01-2010 | duetsch.info - Open Source, Wet-, Web-, Software — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:08:43 +0000

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By: 1369ic

1369ic — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:15:53 +0000

This seems extremely perfunctory. Giving a link instead of explaining how to set a background? Here you go:
Open synaptic
install Eterm
In your favorite text editoropen the file ~/.fluxbox/init
Find this line: session.screen0.rootCommand:
Then type in this at the end of that line: Esetroot /path/to/your/file.jpg
Done.
Yes, you can make it more complicated, but it’s just that easy.
You can also put the command in your .xinitrc file, but that’s probably not for the Ubuntu crowd.
Fluxbox is the best, and I daresay it deserves a better article. It is especially well suited to small screens, which are so popular on netbooks, etc., because you can put the toolbar on top of everything and then maximize a window and not lose any space to panels or whatnot. Ah, I could go on and on. Don’t mean to be crabby, but you really just scratched the surface, and I don’t know if that’s much of a sales job.

By: 1369ic

1369ic — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:15:00 +0000

By: snkmchnb

snkmchnb — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:30:19 +0000

I’ve used blackbox/fluxbox for years now (lately I’ve been using strictly KDE4, but still..) and I’ve written a couple tutorials for styling/themeing blackbox/fluxbox.

Fluxbox: http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3812
Blackbox Pre 0.70: http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=117
Blackbox 0.70+: http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=996

By: snkmchnb

snkmchnb — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:30:00 +0000

I’ve used blackbox/fluxbox for years now (lately I’ve been using strictly KDE4, but still..) and I’ve written a couple tutorials for styling/themeing blackbox/fluxbox.

By: Grant Wagner

Grant Wagner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:24:38 +0000

I love fluxbox, and I really wish that I had a config list like this when I first got started using it years ago.

At least with the debian distributions, they seem to work well if you only list a mod key for a keyboard mapping. For example, using windows (mod4) to open the main menu at any time.

By: Grant Wagner

Grant Wagner — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:24:00 +0000

I love fluxbox, and I really wish that I had a config list like this when I first got started using it years ago.

At least with the debian distributions, they seem to work well if you only list a mod key for a keyboard mapping. For example, using windows (mod4) to open the main menu at any time.