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authorfluxgen <fluxgen>2001-12-12 20:13:08 (GMT)
committerfluxgen <fluxgen>2001-12-12 20:13:08 (GMT)
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@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Start Fluxbox on the specified display.
87Programs started by Fluxbox will have the 87Programs started by Fluxbox will have the
88.B DISPLAY 88.B DISPLAY
89environment variable set to this value, too. 89environment variable set to this value, too.
90.SH RUNNING BLACKBOX 90.SH RUNNING FLUXBOX
91This program is usually started by the user's startup script, most times called 91This program is usually started by the user's startup script, most times called
92.IR ~/.xinitrc . 92.IR ~/.xinitrc .
93To run fluxbox, modify the script by adding 93To run fluxbox, modify the script by adding
@@ -664,6 +664,44 @@ can easily set lots of keys with a single command, e.g.
664*font: lucidasans-10 664*font: lucidasans-10
665.EE 665.EE
666This sets already nice defaults for many components. 666This sets already nice defaults for many components.
667.SH KEYS FILE
668Fluxbox 0.1.5 has new keybinding code, and you can customise it through the
669.IR ~/.fluxbox/keys
670file. The file takes the format of :
671.EX
672<modifier> <key> :<operation>
673.EE
674In the example below, Mod1 is the 'Alt' key on the PC keyboard and Mod4 is
675one of the three extra keys on a pc104 branded with a sickening corporate logo.
676.EX
677Mod1 Tab :NextWindow
678Mod1 F1 :Workspace1
679Mod1 F2 :Workspace2
680Mod1 F3 :Workspace3
681Mod1 F4 :Workspace4
682Mod1 F5 :Workspace5
683Mod1 F6 :Workspace6
684Mod1 F7 :Workspace7
685Mod1 F8 :Workspace8
686Mod1 F9 :Workspace9
687Mod1 F10 :Workspace10
688Mod1 F11 :Workspace11
689Mod1 F12 :Workspace12
690Mod4 b :PrevWorkspace
691Mod4 c :Minimize
692Mod4 r :ExecCommand rxvt
693Mod4 v :NextWorkspace
694Mod4 x :Close
695.EE
696.SH TITLEBAR FILE
697Fluxbox lets you customise the button layout on the window titlebar. This is
698done by modifying the
699.IR ~/.fluxbox/titlebar
700file.
701.EX
702Right: minimize maximize close
703Left: sticky
704.EE
667.SH THE SLIT 705.SH THE SLIT
668The slit is a special Fluxbox window frame that can contain dockable 706The slit is a special Fluxbox window frame that can contain dockable
669applications, e.g. the `bbtools.' 707applications, e.g. the `bbtools.'
@@ -698,6 +736,28 @@ However, there are some resources in it you might want to edit yourself:
698.TP 736.TP
699.B session.menuFile: 737.B session.menuFile:
700This tells Fluxbox where to look for its menu file. 738This tells Fluxbox where to look for its menu file.
739.EX
740session.menuFile: /home/myself/.fluxbox/menu
741.EE
742.TP
743.B session.titlebarFile:
744This tells Fluxbox where to find the file describing the layout of buttons
745on each windows' titlebar.
746.EX
747session.titlebarFile: /home/myself/.fluxbox/titlebar
748.EE
749.TP
750.B session.keyFile:
751This tells Fluxbox where to find the file describing the keybindings.
752.EX
753session.keyFile: /home/myself/.fluxbox/keys
754.EE
755.TP
756.B session.styleFile:
757This tells Fluxbox where to find the style (theme) file for this session.
758.EX
759session.styleFile: @pkgdatadir@/styles/Flux
760.EE
701.TP 761.TP
702.B session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 762.B session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent:
703This determines the amount (in %) of space the toolbar will take. 763This determines the amount (in %) of space the toolbar will take.
@@ -744,6 +804,20 @@ server's memory.
744Default value is 804Default value is
745.IR 5 . 805.IR 5 .
746.TP 806.TP
807.B session.opaqueMove:
808When moving a window, setting this to
809.IR True
810will draw the window contents as it moves (nasty on slow systems), if
811.IR False
812it will only draw an outline of the window border.
813.TP
814.B session.imageDither:
815.IR True
816or
817.IR False
818to, respectively, enable or disable dithering of images. Only necessary
819on systems with small colour depths (8bpp or less)
820.TP
747.B session.colorsPerChannel: 821.B session.colorsPerChannel:
748This tells Fluxbox how many colors to take from the X server on pseudocolor 822This tells Fluxbox how many colors to take from the X server on pseudocolor
749displays. A channel would be red, green, or blue. 823displays. A channel would be red, green, or blue.
@@ -752,12 +826,78 @@ Value must be between 2 and 6.
752When you run Fluxbox on an 8-bit display, you must set this resource to 4. 826When you run Fluxbox on an 8-bit display, you must set this resource to 4.
753Default value is 827Default value is
754.IR 4. 828.IR 4.
829.TP
830.B session.iconbar:
831.IR True
832or
833.IR False
834to enable or disable Fluxbox using the toolbar to display iconified windows.
835.TP
836.B session.tabs:
837.IR True
838or
839.IR False
840to enable/disable Fluxbox's PWM-like window tabs. Tabs let you group windows
841together, they will take up identical desktop space (windows smaller or larger
842than the existing group size get resized automatically) and can be moved as a
843group around the desktop or to a different workspace.
844Default value is
845.IR True .
846.TP
847.B session.screen0.tab.placement:
848Tells Fluxbox where to put the tab on the window. This can be customised
849through Fluxbox's Configuration/Tab Placement menu. Values are
850.IR Top
851.IR Bottom
852.IR Left
853.IR Right
854.TP
855.B session.screen0.tab.alignment:
856Tells Fluxbox how to align tabs to the window. Values are
857.IR Top
858.IR Bottom
859.IR Left
860.IR Right
861.IR Center
862.IR Relative
863This should also be done via the Configuration/Tab Placement menu.
864.TP
865.B session.screen0.tab.rotatevertical:
866If True, will rotate text on the tab so it is readable on vertically-
867placed tabs. Once again, use the Configuration/Tab Placement menu.
755.PP 868.PP
756When running Fluxbox in a multiple desktop environment the 869When running Fluxbox in a multiple desktop environment the
757.B screen0 870.B screen0
758key can also be 871key can also be
759.B screen1, 2 872.B screen1, 2
760etc. for any appropriate desktop. 873etc. for any appropriate desktop, and you can customise the behaviour of
874Fluxbox on each desktop accordingly. A favourite of the man page author
875with a dual-head Matrox G450 was to autohide the slit and toolbar on
876screen0 and set it alwaysontop and not autohidden on screen1, with a
877larger date format on screen1
878.EX
879session.screen0.toolbar.onTop: False
880session.screen0.toolbar.autoHide: True
881session.screen0.toolbar.placement: BottomCenter
882session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: 42
883session.screen0.slit.onTop: False
884session.screen0.slit.autoHide: True
885session.screen0.slit.placement: TopLeft
886session.screen0.slit.direction: Vertical
887session.screen0.strftimeFormat: %I:%M %p
888session.screen1.toolbar.onTop: True
889session.screen1.toolbar.autoHide: False
890session.screen1.toolbar.placement: BottomCenter
891session.screen1.toolbar.widthPercent: 69
892session.screen1.slit.onTop: True
893session.screen1.slit.autoHide: False
894session.screen1.slit.placement: CenterRight
895session.screen1.slit.direction: Vertical
896session.screen1.strftimeFormat: %a %d %R [%s]
897.EE
898This way the main workspace (screen0) has the maximum amount of space available
899and the secondary workspace could show the time and run some withrawn apps like
900gkrellm in the slit, always visible yet out of the way of real work.
761.SH ENVIRONMENT 901.SH ENVIRONMENT
762.TP 902.TP
763.B HOME 903.B HOME