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1Fluxbox builds on Blackbox 0.61.1 source but has different goals. 1Fluxbox is a fork of the original Blackbox 0.61.1 sourcecode with
2different goals.
3
2Read NEWS to see whats new in this release. 4Read NEWS to see whats new in this release.
3For copyright see COPYING 5
6For copyright information see COPYING
7
8For more information and extensive documentation go to:
9 http://fluxbox.org
10
4 11
5Compile and Install: 12Compile and Install:
6 13
7# ./configure 14 $ ./configure
8# make 15 $ make
9and then as root 16 and then as root
10# make install 17 # make install
11 18
12For KDE slitsupport: (Allows kde tray icons to be placed in the fluxbox slit) 19Configuration options:
13 ./configure --enable-kde 20
14 21 For KDE slitsupport: (Allows kde tray icons to be placed in the fluxbox slit)
15For Gnome support: 22 ./configure --enable-kde
16 --enable-gnome 23
17 24 For Gnome support:
18For more information and FAQ go to http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net 25 ./configure --enable-gnome
19 26
20To disable tabs and/or iconbar just change it in configure menu. 27 Use ./configure --help to see the full list of options
21 28
22To use your own configuration: 29
23Create a directorory, in your homedir, called .fluxbox 30
24and copy: init, keys and menu from fluxbox datapath. 31For former blackbox users:
25Dont forget to change session.menuFile and session.titlebarFile 32
26in the file init. 33 - You can use your old blackbox configuration file too. Just copy
27 34 .blackboxrc to ~/.fluxbox/init . The same goes for menu file.
28You can use your old blackbox configuration file too. Just copy 35
29.blackboxrc to ~/.fluxbox/init . The same goes for menu file. 36 - You can also use the Blackbox themes in Fluxbox. Fluxbox has a few
30You can also use the Blackbox themes in Fluxbox. 37 extra styleoption for the tabs but they don't have to be specified.
31If there isn't any format for the tab in the theme then 38
32the tab will have the same theme as the titlebar. 39 - The keys file is no longer compatible with bbkeys. There's a
33 40 convertkeys script at http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/ that will
34The keys config file can be selected in the file init: 41 convert the bbkeys format to the fluxbox format.
35session.keyFile: <filename here> 42
36The keys file is no longer compatible with bbkeys. There's a convertkeys 43
37script at http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/ that will convert the bbkeys 44A few extra notes about the new features:
38format to the fluxbox format. 45
39
40
41A few extra notes:
42 - To disable tabs and/or iconbar just change it in configure menu. 46 - To disable tabs and/or iconbar just change it in configure menu.
43 - To work with tabs, use the third mouse button to drag a tab to another tab. 47
44 This will group the two windows together. 48 - To work with tabs, use the third mouse button to drag a tab to
45 - With 'Sloppy Window Grouping' turned on (in your configure menu), you can 49 another tab. This will group the two windows together.
46 drop the tabs anywhere on the target window to group windows together. 50
47 - The 'Maximize over Slit' option means that maximized windows will not stop 51 - With 'Sloppy Window Grouping' turned on (in your configure menu),
48 at the outside border of the slit, and will instead cover it. 52 you can drop the tabs anywhere on the target window to group
49 - In the init file, the session.screen0.rootCommand: option will override 53 windows together.
50 the rootCommand option in a theme- keeping your background the same, no 54
51 matter what the theme says it should be. 55 - The 'Maximize over Slit' option means that maximized windows will not
52 56 stop at the outside border of the slit, and will instead cover it.
53This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software. 57
54OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative. 58 - In the init file, the session.screen0.rootCommand: option will
59 override the rootCommand option in a theme, keeping your background
60 the same, no matter what the theme says it should be.
55 61
56 62
57Thanks: 63Thanks:
58 64
59Blackbox team 65 Blackbox team
60aleczapka, skarin, Perc, xfs, skypher and skywarper for buggtesting
61skypher of openprojects for buggtesting and providing fluxbox with themes:
62Clean CleanColor Makro, Carbondioxide and MerleyKay.
63People at #fluxbox@openprojects.net
64And for the people who send bugfixes/patches
65 66
67 aleczapka, skarin, Perc, xfs, skypher and skywarper for bugtesting.
68
69 skypher of openprojects for bugtesting and providing fluxbox with
70 themes: Clean CleanColor Makro, Carbondioxide and MerleyKay.
71
72 People at #fluxbox on the irc.freenode.net irc-network.
73
74 And all the people who sent bugfixes/patches.
75
76
77This software is OSI Certified Open Source Software.
78OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.