Fluxbox icons

[Beattie]

How do I get icons on the desktop in fluxbox?

[z0mbix]

You can't unless you run something like nautilus to handle the desktop but then it's not really fluxbox then and defeats the object of running fluxbox. FB is designed to be small, fast, low on memory useage and useable.

[Mnemonic]

Originally posted by Beattie:
<STRONG>How do I get icons on the desktop in fluxbox?</STRONG>

I am not certain how you start Fluxbox, but if you are using .xinitrc you can try the following:

gnome-session &
exec fluxbox

I have not actually tried this, but at the moment it appears resonable based on a past life. :D

[Beattie]

hmm.. damn... ok.. well is there at least a way that I can have the open programs displayed in a windows taskbar-esque fashion? like in the toolbar maybe?

[z0mbix]

Originally posted by Beattie:
<STRONG>hmm.. damn... ok.. well is there at least a way that I can have the open programs displayed in a windows taskbar-esque fashion? like in the toolbar maybe?</STRONG>

Yeah, see my screenshot in my signature. I just add panel & to my .xinitrc file.

[Beattie]

Originally posted by cheeky_zombie:
<STRONG>Yeah, see my screenshot in my signature. I just add panel & to my .xinitrc file.</STRONG>

Hmm... when I add panel & it just gives me the regular gnome panel. I don't really want to modify it because I use that panel in gnome like it is set up... I just want a different one in fluxbox. Is there a way to create a seperate panel for gnome and flux?

[Ludootje]

Panel is the default gnome panel, so no there is no way to have 2 different setups for panel.
Well, there is, sort off, you could write a small script which renames panelrc (or whatever the config file for panel is) to panelrc-gnome and panelrc-fb to panelrc on fluxbox startup, and so that it renames panelrc to panelrc-fb and panelrc-gnome to panelrc on gnome startup; if you really want to use panel, the gnome panel.
Otherwise, use kicker &, which starts up the kde taskbar (you will need kdebase installed though). on the blackbox site (blackbox.alug.org iirc) there's also a panel which shows you your current apps in the blacknox taskbar, i suppose it works with fluxbox too. Note that writing a script as I describe above isn't difficult, all you need to know is how to know when you start fb and when you start gnome, and i'm sure there's an easy way for this.

[Energon]

Originally posted by cheeky_zombie:
<STRONG>Yeah, see my screenshot in my signature. I just add panel & to my .xinitrc file.</STRONG>

In that shot, you've got a little console looking thing that shows what's going in your syslog... is that a specific app, or just a less on the file? I've seen some other things in screenshots that're like that but I've never been able to ask what it is specifically.

thanks.

[scanez]

Originally posted by Energon:
<STRONG>In that shot, you've got a little console looking thing that shows what's going in your syslog... is that a specific app, or just a less on the file? I've seen some other things in screenshots that're like that but I've never been able to ask what it is specifically.

thanks.</STRONG>
There are many ways to do it- such as with eterms, root-tail, etc...I believe cheeky_zombie does it the same way I do, a transparent eterm running tail -f /ver/log/whatever.

[Beattie]

What is this "slit" thing? I see references to it in the init file and in some of the documentation, but I don't have one on my desktop, or even know what it is really. Could someone please enlighten me?

[Beattie]

How do I make the background the same when I log out and then back in? It always reverts to the default.

[z0mbix]

The slit is where you can run doc apps and others like this:

http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/images/shots/fluxbox/kdesup.jpg

With regards to your background question this is from the fluxbox site (http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docs/newdoc.backgrounds.php#top):

Overriding theme defaults
One of the shortcomings that blackbox has is that the background is totally dependant on the theme. Whenever you change your theme, you'd have whatever background the theme author thought right. A lot of people don't like this behavior. Well, fluxbox has a way to fix that. Add a line like this to your ~/.fluxbox/init file:

session.screen0.rootCommand: bsetbg -f ~/.fluxbox/backgrounds/zimdib_dark.png

And whatever you have put there, will be your background, no matter what your theme's author has to say about it.

I recommend visiting the fluxbox site and having a read of the docs there as they are very helpful indeed. :)