isntalling fluxbox style

Smokey · 10-14-2004, 02:18 AM

Hi I am using fluxbox 0.1.14 and Im trying to install the theme here:

http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/screenshots-dev.php

The second one......White.

I decompressed the .tar.gz file and it built a .fluxbox/styles/Lait folder

so I just 'cd .fluxbox/styles

and 'mv Lait /usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/styles', then I reloaded the config and nothing happened, it didnt show up in the style menu, so I logged out of X and logged back in but nothing still.

So then I tried /home/smokey/.fluxbox/

mkdir 'styles'

and moved it to the styles folder and did the above, and still no go?

gbonvehi · 10-14-2004, 02:26 AM

Well, if it's a simple file or dir (with a theme.cfg in it) called Lait and you put it in ~./fluxbox/styles or /usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/styles it should work. Are you sure your user has permissions to read it? (I don't have fluxbox anymore to test it)

Smokey · 10-14-2004, 02:56 AM

yeah it has a theme.cfg file in it.........but Lait is a folder and the styles in /usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/styles are not folders, they are some type of file?

gbonvehi · 10-14-2004, 03:11 AM

Yeah, I've just checked and I still have my fluxbox config files, and I've 2 themes that uses a folder with a theme.cfg file on it in ~/.fluxbox/styles/ .

Smokey · 10-14-2004, 04:15 AM

I put it in and its still not doing anything. This sucks :\

darthtux · 10-14-2004, 04:32 AM

In ~/.fluxbox/menu does it have both directories as in
[stylesdir] (/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/styles)
[stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)

Smokey · 10-14-2004, 04:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by darthtux
In ~/.fluxbox/menu does it have both directories as in
[stylesdir] (/usr/X11R6/share/fluxbox/styles)
[stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)

yes it does.

darthtux · 10-14-2004, 04:54 AM

This does suck

Try this. Exit fluxbox. Open the ~/.fluxbox/init
and put the full path to the them.cfg in the following line
session.styleFile: /home/user/.fluxbox/styles/5lackWeb

Then cross your fingers.

-X- · 10-14-2004, 07:23 AM

It worked fine here on Fluxbox 0.9.10 in the User Style menu selection. Go to Slackware's extra directory and install the latest Fluxbox.

Smokey · 10-14-2004, 12:06 PM

Ok I upgraded to Slackware 10.0, the styles work but the fonts are huge? Why? How can I make the fonts smaller?

-X- · 10-14-2004, 02:12 PM

Where are the fonts huges? Some styles have big fonts. I'm using FluxAqua that has smaller fonts than Lait and Linther. Maybe go to the fluxbox site and see what the docs have to say.

aeNeo · 10-14-2004, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Smokey
Ok I upgraded to Slackware 10.0, the styles work but the fonts are huge? Why? How can I make the fonts smaller?

You have to change the font size in whichever theme you are using. Say you're using the theme Rancor, open the $HOME/.fluxbox/styles/Rancor file, and lower the font size to whatever you want. Flux gives you the flexibility to change the font size for each object (toolbar, menu, windows, titles, etc.). After making the desired change, restart fluxbox.

If you don't want to bother with that, another option is to turn off Anti-aliasing from the flux menu.