So we have a lot of heritage to work through. Ambitious side projects to make it into a full but lightweight desktop environment mostly came to a standstill, but are still maintained or at least hosted by enthusiasts I presume. Fluxbox, as it is now, seems to be concentrating more on being a good window manager, and leave utilities to third parties.
My opinion of course. On the other hand, it is designed with the idea of using it as a standalone desktop environment; there's a startup file, hotkeys are managed, menus are configurable, themes include backgrounds and font definitions, a panel with a systray is included, fake transparency is possible, real transparency works with an external compositor, etc. That's what I call user centric. Version installed and tested: Fluxbox 1.
I don't know if it comes with a session file; probably not. After first login you should be presented with a bottom panel incl. If you want to know more, you should start here. You can find current versions of all man pages there, and that's what I mostly used to configure it.
Unfortunately, someone decided to rework the fluxbox wiki, but relied too much on community contributions it seems - the new wiki is practically empty, and as a result most links on fluxbox.
It requires one of the following at runtime: Esetroot , wmsetbg , feh , hsetroot , chbg , display , qiv , xv , xsri , xli , or xsetbg. It also requires which if Esetroot is found. This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS Installation of Fluxbox Install Fluxbox by running the following commands:.
If SLiM or another display manager has been installed, be sure to start it by becoming root and running:. Once Fluxbox is running, it will look quite plain.
A blank desktop with a toolbar at the bottom should be visible. Right-clicking anywhere on the desktop should bring up the menu. From there X applications can be started, or a terminal can be opened run console programs.
Fluxbox comes with a very weak set of default keysets. It enables a user to switch windows and desktops, and no more. Before changing it, there are a few things necessary to know. In the Fluxbox keys file, there are some strange modifiers. Control and Shift are Ctrl and Shift. However, it is usually best to use Mod1 or Mod4 because other X11 programs tend to use Control and Shift for their own shortcuts.
All of these are independent, so feel free to leave out anything not desired, or to modify the given example to meet special needs. This guide uses what the author assumes to be the most common programs, so also substitute the name of the binary used if it differs from what appears. For more information, read the man page for Fluxbox man fluxbox.
It is a common desire to setup a system monitor for X11 on desktop systems. Welcome conky. If desired, use another monitor; there are plenty of instructions elsewhere on the wiki. The default configuration file for Conky is rather weak, but more info can be found by reading the man page or the Conky guide.
Fluxbox does not come with a utility or program to draw icons to the desktop; everything is handled by keyboard shortcuts, or the right-click menu. It is aimed at users of minimal WMs like Fluxbox who want to display icons in the root window, and it even supports funky graphic effects like transparency! Despite its name, iDesk is not affiliated with Apple or Mac.
Installing iDesk is as simple as:. Once installed, it will be necessary to configure iDesk so that it is able to display icons. This is a rather lengthy task, and can not be well covered in this article. The following resources might be useful in order to configure iDesk: man idesk , iDesk's Usage Guide and this thread in the Gentoo Forums.
It is important to note that Gentoo does not need a file manager. It is perfectly possible, and indeed simpler in the author's humble opinion , to do file manipulation by command-line. However, not everyone agrees Fluxbox itself does not provide such a program, but, as always, one is simple to acquire. There are many choices, but this article will only present three:. For those who are not sure what they like, it is also possible to install all three file managers in order to try each one.
Gentoo is a minimalistic file manager which seeks to provide the benefits of a GUI interface without the bloat which is commonly associated. If you have problems installing fonts or getting them to work, you should read the docs page at xfree.
Here is the exhaustive component list for fluxbox 1 styles. Each one is listed with their type of value required. Comments in a style file are preceded with an exclamation point! Please note that in order to keep styles consistent it is often the practice of stylists to provide all of the theme-items in their style file even if they are not used. This allows the user the ease of changing different components. Many, many things you can do with window design in fluxbox 1 , below are your options.
Have fun. Every style must specify the background option. For these options, fluxbox 1 will call fbsetbg 1 to set the background. These options will be passed to fbsetroot 1 to set the background.
Below you will find all of the configuration possibilities for the toolbar. The list is pretty extensive and offers you many options to make your toolbar look just the way you want it.
This list may seem intimidating, but remember, when you create your own style you can easily set a majority of these keys with a single component. For an example of this:. This manpage was composed from various resources including the official documentation, fluxbox 1 man page and numerous other resources by Curt "Asenchi" Micol.
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