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Old 03-08-2004, 11:28 AM   #1
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Last step with BlackBox


have just installed Blackbox with this command:

rpm -ivh ftp://ftp.muni.cz/pub/linux/freshrpm...0-fr4.i386.rpm

shall i configure something ? i wont start when i run "startx" ??

best regards the Linux n00b
 
Old 04-05-2004, 12:41 PM   #2
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At the command line type:

echo exec blackbox > ~/.xinitrc
 
Old 04-05-2004, 01:27 PM   #3
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yes that works fine....thx m8
 
Old 04-05-2004, 02:04 PM   #4
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You are welcome. Have fun with BB... It's the best!
 
Old 04-05-2004, 02:16 PM   #5
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yeah i think so. I would like to do everything on CLi - I think i learn much more that way.

Btw... do you know how i configure things like ICQ (how do i get i work) with BB an other features.
 
Old 04-05-2004, 03:31 PM   #6
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Programs will run in BB just like they do in KDE (only faster), you can run them from the CLI or you can create your own menus so you just click on what you want to run. Do a "man blackbox" and read up on editing the BB menu. I have all the apps I use all the time on the top level so all I have to do is right-click on the screen and click the app I want to open.

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Old 04-07-2004, 01:40 AM   #7
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Okay thx ill try that.

What about a shoutcut to swich between my workspaces. Are there one build in or can i make one ?
 
Old 04-07-2004, 09:19 AM   #8
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At the bottom of the screen there is a bar with arrows on it. The arrows on the left cycle through workspaces and the arrows on the right cycle through windows. You can also get bbpager which places a pager at the bottom of the screen.

Ted.
 
Old 04-07-2004, 08:29 PM   #9
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i know that i was thinking of a keyboard shortcut (for example alt+tab like windows)
 
Old 04-07-2004, 10:57 PM   #10
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alt-(1,2,3,4) will switch between the first 4 desktops i.e. alt-1 goes to first, alt-2 goes to second, etc.
 
Old 04-08-2004, 05:41 AM   #11
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hmmm not working ....?
 
Old 04-08-2004, 05:58 AM   #12
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It won't. Blackbox has no key grabs by default. I believe Mishkinman was referring to fluxbox. You've to use a third part key grabber as bbkeys...
 
Old 04-08-2004, 06:15 AM   #13
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and for easy configuring, I would recommend bbconf, a package with wich you can configure the menu, the layout and the key bindings with a grafical interface

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