fluxbox opened windows

thing0 · 01-28-2005, 11:00 AM

hello

i would like to know how i can make the "task bar" or whatever you call it display all the windows i have open. now i only shows the ones that i am not using, it does not show the "active window" is there a way to make it display all the windows?

thanks

acid_kewpie · 01-28-2005, 11:49 AM

what version are you running? things hve changed a lot recently. make suer you're on 0.9.10, not a 0.1 branch, and right click over the time (among other places) this shows you the slit menu. go nuts.

thing0 · 02-02-2005, 04:04 PM

i have 0.1.14

i don't know how to install or update fluxbox please... dont make me have to get into those strange things. is there anything i can do?

detpenguin · 02-02-2005, 10:17 PM

what distro are you using? it's pretty easy to update actually...but we'd need to know what distro.

thing0 · 02-03-2005, 04:55 PM

slackware, could you help me please? thanks

acid_kewpie · 02-03-2005, 05:00 PM

just get 0.9.12, it's so so easy to install, and has a huge amount of extra stuff in it you'll wonder how you did without.

acid_kewpie · 02-03-2005, 05:01 PM

http://fluxbox.bottino.com/ - new fluxbox tgz's for slackware

Tinkster · 02-03-2005, 05:05 PM

Chris,

did they fix the TABs in the more recent 0.9x?

Personally I prefer the 0.1.14 w/ remember patch
because I can create a new group member from the
tab of an existing window ... with 0.9 (at least all
versions I tried [didn't test in 5 months, though]) the
tab was integrated in the titlebar and thus had no
special right-click menu ... bad mistake ;)

Cheers,
Tink

acid_kewpie · 02-03-2005, 05:15 PM

well they got rid of tabs in the visual sense, they get embedded into the title bar. much neater. still a waste of time though.

Tinkster · 02-03-2005, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
well they got rid of tabs in the visual sense, they get embedded into the title bar. much neater.

heh - that's a matter of (bad) taste ;)

Quote:

still a waste of time though.

I often have about 20 xterms open, and find it
quite handy to group them in "logical groups",
e.g. ssh sessions over external interface, ssh
sessions over internal interface, local consoles.

Cheers,
Tink

thing0 · 02-04-2005, 05:28 AM

is there a easy install guide please

acid_kewpie · 02-04-2005, 07:18 AM

it will install just like any other piece of software. what in particular are you after information about? if you install the slack package, then it will just be the new version next time you load it.