Fluxbox problem

OK, I finally got fluxbox installed. Now my question is, I can't open any applications, the only thing that shows up on right click is the option for a terminal, and the fluxbox configuration menu. Do I need to configure it to have all my applications?

BTW-I am using KDE right now.

Yes everything in Fluxbox has to be hand edited using a text editor.

Read the documentation http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook.php

Text editor or the configure menu? (it didnt say)

What fluxbox comes with tends to depend on how you installed it. It sounds like you had trouble. It also sounds like you missed something out.

What happens when you try the configure option?

OT - From sig:

don't abbreviate or use slang-it can be hard to understand!

... there should be a space each side of the hyphen so the "slang-it" becomes "slang - it". The first (your) version joins the two words together, the second version separates the parts of the sentence, which, I guess, is what you intended. Of course, one should use a colon there, thus:

...don't abbreviate or use slang: it can be hard to understand!

See?

OK shrikant, point taken. I will change it.

<edit>That better?</edit>

Configure menu is just to do stuff like changing themes, restart or reload config(when you change settings in real time). Read the faq at that link.

Editing is very easy. For eg., to add apps to the menu, a file called menu has to be edited in /your_home/.fluxbox
Mine looks like

[begin] (Fluxbox-0.9.15.1) [exec] (Terminal) {gnome-terminal} [exec] (Firefox) {/home/shrikant/firefox/firefox} [exec] (Thunar) {thunar} [submenu] (Sound & Video) [exec] (Amarok) {amarok} [exec] (Audacity) {audacity} [exec] (Avidemux) {avidemux} [exec] (Banshee) {banshee} [exec] (Cinelerra) {cinelerra} [exec] (DVDRip) {dvdrip} [exec] (Easytag) {easytag} [exec] (Exaile) {exaile} [exec] (Gnomebaker) {gnomebaker} [exec] (Grip) {grip} [exec] (K3B) {k3b} [exec] (Kaffeine) {kaffeine} [exec] (Mplayer) {gmplayer} [exec] (RealPlayer) {realplay} [exec] (Rhythmbox) {rhythmbox} [exec] (SoundConverter) {soundconverter} [exec] (SoundJuicer) {sound-juicer} [exec] (Streamtuner) {streamtuner} [exec] (Totem) {totem} [exec] (TvTime) {tvtime} [exec] (Xine) {xine} [end] [separator] [exec] (System Monitor) {gnome-system-monitor} [exec] (Screenshot) {gnome-screenshot} [exec] () {} [submenu] (fluxbox menu) [config] (Configure) [submenu] (System Styles) {Choose a style...} [stylesdir] (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles) [end] [submenu] (User Styles) {Choose a style...} [stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles) [end] [workspaces] (Workspace List) [commanddialog] (Fluxbox Command) [reconfig] (Reload config) [restart] (Restart) [exec] (About) {(fluxbox -v; fluxbox -info | sed 1d) 2> /dev/null | xmessage -file - -center} [separator] [exit] (Exit) [end] [end]

To start off, first I open terminal, in case of KDE, type konqueror, and then go to fluxbox directory and start changing things.

Is that the Changelog file?

I have AUTHORS, ChangeLog, COPYING, INSTALL, NEWS, README and TODO. Which do I edit?

No not there, in /your_home_folder/.fluxbox

Its a hidden file, see the dot .

Fluxbox comes with menu generators as well so you can auto generate your menu file if you
like.

fluxbox-generate_menu springs to mind, and there are others.

OK, found it. Could I just copy your settings?

If I wanted to start my instant messenger, would it be:

[exec] (Gaim) {gaim}

Nothing works. The submenus and everything are there, but when I select something, nothing opens. Is there a way to do it graphically?

This is probably going to sound insulting, and I'm putting on my flame-proof pants as I type, but I'll go with it anyway...

kalabanta, I've followed a couple of your threads since I met you in a previous topic, and your knowledge of Unix fundamentals seems to be a bit shaky. Fluxbox, while not a configuration *nightmare*, isn't a one-size-fits-all, just-point-and-click system while you're setting it up, so is there a particular reason you want to run Fluxbox over the KDE environment you already have set up?

Dave

Its faster. And I have fluxbox configured, I just needed some help. I find KDE not only shiny, but bloated, and I don't need that.

OK. Fair enough.

Open a terminal, and run

fluxbox-generate_menu

That should generate a sensible default menu from what apps you have installed. It probably won't find everything you need, and it will probably put a lot of stuff into your menu you don't need, but it should give you a decent starting point.

Dave

Edit: Actually, fluxbox-generate_menu seems to have improved considerably since I last used it, and has picked up pretty much everything useful on my system. I stand corrected.