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libpng-dev libqt3-dev libqt3-mt-dev libqxt0 qt3-tools
0 packages upgraded, 5 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 9645kB of archives. After unpacking 3399kB will be used.
And configure worked like a charm.
> Or you could just apt-get install bbconf (-:
>
And settle for 1.6??? (-:
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The package missing from the pattern is libqt-mt, which doesn't appear
to be available. I look forward to hearing about the solution.
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you ran into a confict
> during an update. cvs (via diff) will place something like:
>
> << old_file
> ..
> ..
> ..
> >> new_file
> ..
> ..
> ..
> <<<<<<<<<<
>
> at the point of conflict.
Yes, that was exactly what I saw in the blackbox.cc file. Next time I'll
try a fresh download instead of an update before I post.
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offer any comments or tips
> on cvs that seem relevant.
>
> Thx, PM
Jamin, profuse apologies for spelling your name wrong in the above.
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> On 18-Jul-2002 paul wrote:
> > Subject says it all. I'm getting the source via the standard anonymous
> > cvs instruction provided by Sourceforge:
> >
> > cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\
> > /cvsroot
Subject says it all. I'm getting the source via the standard anonymous
cvs instruction provided by Sourceforge:
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\
/cvsroot/blackboxwm co blackbox
Let me know if you need more info.
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would cause the arrow keys to move the
active window around on the screen instead of scrolling the viewport
within the window.
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> On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 14:14:12 at 02:14:12PM -0700, paul wrote:
>
> > Here's what I do on the RedHat/Gnome system at school:
> > - Log into to Failsafe Xterm mode. This gives me an xterm with no window
> > frame, but if I move t
h of custom entries that I hack to suite myself, but the
menu created by Debian stays up to date automagically, so I can always
find new apps there. Less fun than writing your own script, of course
:-)
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#DISPLAY=:0.1 bbpal -p rathead -w -s
wait $wmpid
---end of .xsession-default---
The commented-out lines are from my home Debian GNU/Linux system. Note
that while I can get bbkeys to run on RH7.2, the guiconfigurator won't
open, but it works if I hack the .bbkeysrc file by hand.
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I can't see the problem either, either with JBuilder or
with the test app that just opened a window.
$ java -version
java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build
Blackdown-1.3.1-FCS)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build Blackdown-1.3.1-FCS, mixed mode)
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ll install 7 &
see what's up. Sun has lots of sample programs, I can do some hacking on
this tonight.
I manage a computer lab at Mills college in Oakland (intersection of
580 & 13) could almost certainly get approval for you to come hack
there when you have a test program that sh
sic X front-end for `gs', `ghostview'. It is more
comfortable and more powerful than `ghostview'.
Task: tex
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ff, but truthfully I don't use it.
I'd love to have a key sequence that moves the keyboard focus to the
other display.
Thanks,
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head systems
sample bbconf setups -- solicit slick key bindings
list of slit-compatible apps & utilities: bbtools et al
Other random thoughts:
There should be a cool blackbox logo xpm for bbpal.
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al to do this, it supports ctrl-clicking URLs
to launch your default web browser (as set in /etc/mailcap ?)
That's the only reason it's on my box. I run Debian, so I just install
with
apt-get install gnome-terminal
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rds/away from the right workspace edge...
I run into this a lot because I keep the slit vertically aligned on the
right edge of my screen so there's usually a blank patch of desktop
underneath it, perfect for clicking to bring up the menu.
Thanks for listening,
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auto-placed in a bad spot.)
Now change to another workspace and come back. The
window now has a titlebar but none of the buttons work.
It shouldn't have a titlebar at all.
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unning RH 7.2/Gnome/Sawmill. I've been installing blackbox
for my own use, but don't run Gnome. A summer project while the lab is
empty is to rebuild to a standard config. I might be stuck with RH, but
I can certainly put Blackbox in.
Regards,
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> > I seem to be on a roll finding bugs (mostly trivial) that have to do
> > with dual head setups. Not sure where to log bbpal items, so I'm
> > reporting it here.
> >
> > bbp
, the syntax is
-display X server to connect to
And my failure occurs when I enter
$ bbpal -display :0.1
In particular, I haven't been able to script it to start on my second
display when I start X-windows, workarounds solicited.
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orkspaces on display :0.0,
not :0.1.
Bringing up a menu or submenu doesn't change the display context either,
although opening anything or tearing off a submenu does.
My current workaround is to run bbpal on display :0.1 and click on that,
but it would be cool if clicking the toolbar had the s
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> > I run Debian, which does a great job of automatically updating a
> > menu which is imported by Blackbox. I want to either have a custom menu
> > that I maintain with the Debian menu
Debian syntax for manual customization
instead of BB's.
I think I'll also try my munge-script idea to blow the
/etc/X11/blackbox-menu into a sub-menu named Debian in a menu file that
I maintain in BB syntax. Then I'll be able to use bbconf, and only
customizations to the Debian subm
.
I suppose I could maintain a custom menu section in Blackbox syntax and
write a script to munge it together with the default Debian menu into
~/.blackbox/menu, but is there a better method?
TIA,
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command line now are (Galeon, bbpal).
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ome up with a better name. Frankly calling it the Dock seems
> reasonable. Blackbox owes a lot to Window Maker anyways.
Dock is cool. Wharf sounds like a Klingon. When Sean posed the idea, I
immediately thought of 'box', but that's probably too generic.
Paul
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like it and others won't.
I'd have to vote for the actual empty menu rather than "*emtpy*". I've
gotten accustomed to seeing nothing in the menu when nothing is there.
Thanks and keep up the great work,
Paul
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t encounters, the sreen edge
counts as a window boundary.
My thinking is that this should be an easy extension of the current
implementation, and would be feel intuitive to the user.
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I do, and I'm getting to really like it. I saw the behavior you're
talking about and thought to myself "Sean is so cool he must be on top
of this already". Next time I'll post.
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Am I misunderstanding the -display option in bset root?
When I run
bsetroot -display :0.1
Both display :0.0 and display :0.1 change to the new pattern.
TIA, Paul
PS: _very_ cool that Blackbox configuration settings are display
independant. e.g., autoraise in one doesn't set the
top left (any args, e.g.: -geom 64x64+100+0)
The -display option is ignored.
bbpager - I wanted it to be aligned vertically at the top right just
bbpal. Couldn't get the -geometry option to work.
Guess I'll be checking out xtoolwait...
:-)
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somone steals the car of Mr. Homeworking, and they
leave the following note:
"Sorry if I have offended. But under bill HR
55.never.existed, it is okay to steal a car as long as I
give you my address to retrieve it. The address is 5 Bogus
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ght corner of the desktop - havent' tried any other combination.
Let me know if you want me to try other slit positions or
configurations.
Thanks,
Paul
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ng the
unnamed window and it seemed most of the time I could not get an
additional GAIM login without the iconifying either.
Hope this helps, also, I am on the CVS version as of March 30 @ 11:00 AM
EST.
Thanks,
Paul
On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 10:32:00AM -0500, David Bonner wrote:
> I haven'
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> with the attachment because I forgot to change my procmail settings
> to stop trashing all list mail.
>
> Where can I find this 'original' version that worked for you?
>>Sunday, March 17, 2002, 04
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> On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 08:45:35AM +0000, Paul Mackinney wrote:
> > Kyle Donaldson declaimed:
> > > On Sat, 16 Mar 2002, Marc Wilson wrote:
> > > First off, this really was the wrong place to ask about setting up
> > > dual-head X, beca
eak it in. Really I'm just looking for a trail of
breadcrumbs leading to the right forum/documentation. Sorry for the OT
post, I'll desist.
I installed the framebuffer because a) it was there, b) because it's
really nice when X isn't running and c) for the penguin (of course).
Paul
ore.o: adapter DDC:fb0 #1 on i2c-matroxfb registered as adapter 1.
i2c-core.o: adapter MAVEN:fb0 on i2c-matroxfb registered as adapter 2.
i2c-core.o: driver maven registered.
i2c-core.o: client [maven client] registered to adapter [MAVEN:fb0 on
i2c-matrox
fb](pos. 0).
matroxfb_crtc2: secondary head of fb0 was registered as fb1
TIA,
Paul
e .deb and reinstalled with dpkg.
The RH 7.1 system I use at school also fails to run bbconf but with an
informative message. I'll repost with the exact text.
Paul
details:
Debian GNU/Linux, running Sid w/no problems mostly.
Blackbox 0.62.1pre0
BBkeys 0.8.4
TIA,
Paul
PS: I'd also welcome configuration suggestions, perhaps in a new thread.
My .xsession file is currently:
$ cat .xsession
#if [ -f ~/.bash_profile ]; then
# . ~/.bash_profile
#fi
bbdate
t how do I type in the path to the "core"? Again,
don't I need to set the file of the core when before I start X?
(gdg -c=/home/paul/xlog)?
Paul
(It is 12:39, and I am about to download the tar for blackbox .)
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core files to be written. Then you could
> track down the cause by doing gdb /path/to/blackbox /path/to/core.
>
I'm not sure how to do gdb. (Probably I just type in the line as
it is written!) However, I think I'll try downloading the newest
version of blackbox first.
Th
I am experiencing frequent crashes on blackbox.
I am using nedit to execute scripts. This somehow causes the
window manager to crash.
I get this error message:
Failed to open Catalogue, using default message
BS screen::Parsemenufile:[stylesdir/stylesmenu] error,
/home/paul/.blackbox/style does
more detailed
description of the problem - cause knowing my luck, its probably just my
set up
Thanks,
Paul
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or a
while, we must figureout a way to do it -- which I'll gladly share my
Perl script once I write it) but leave the default Exit behavior for
those who don't need this.
Thanks for all the ideas,
Paul
On Mon, 2001-12-10 at 20:36, Andy Kopciuch wrote:
> On Monday 10 December 2001 1
uot;Exit".
Is there something I am missing about where to remove this default Exit.
Thanks,
Paul
P.S. Thanks for all the help so far! I'm glad to see a good, strong
user community for my new favorite window manager!
On Sat, 2001-12-08 at 21:04, Matthew Wong wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 08, 2001
I'm looking for a way that if you select "Exit" from the Blackbox Menu
that you are prompted to exit rather than it just killing everything and
kicking me out to the console. You don't know how many times I have
accidentially exited, killing everything that I was doing
Thanks,
Paul
on
the right. This prevents me from closing windows accidentally. :-)
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~pelzlpj/blackbox-0.61.1-buttonplacement-0.1.patch.gz
Feedback is welcome. Enjoy,
Paul Pelzl
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Don't assume that all mailing lists are run by majordomo, and don't assume
that your broken mailer always does the right thing. That's the same mistake
the author of the document in question made. Just because things are broken
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and means that smarmy gits who tell other people to "switch to a decent
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I have set the slit to TopLeft, BottomRight, etc, to no effect. It
> stays center.
Don't know about the BB that comes with Debian, but the current BB has an
option on the slit and on the toolbar to make them autohide.
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Wikoff wrote:
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> What is the best development env. ?
Any Unix-like OS, several xterms, make, gvim, a beer, and a couple of good
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"Don W. Jenkins" wrote:
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> I'm new to the list. Where does one find bbapconf?
>
http://bbtools.windsofstorm.net
Same place you get bbkeys and bbpager(I think).
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Mads Martin Joergensen wrote:
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> * Andreas Jarund <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Oct 30. 2000 14:14]:
> > Is it possible to start an application from .xsession so it appears in a
> > specifc workspace? If it is, how is it done?
>
> no
>
Actually, yes it is, using bbapp
p xterms for years. This is not a mutt issue, neither is it my
misunderstanding of the command line argument.
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line 366. I don't see any provision to use any other cursors. If you want to
change the cursor, you're probably going to have to compile it in. Which is
fine by me - you make the product too configurable and it will grow and slow
down, and we've already got enough win
sk|Mod3Mask) == Mod1Mask)) {
It won't be screwed up by the other things that can be in the state variable,
like the current state of caps-lock, num-lock and scroll-lock keys.
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quot;Workspace3" &
netscape -mail &
wait $wmpid # Wait for wm (key client) to exit
And that gives me two xterms in both Workspace 1 and Workspace 2, one in
Workspace 3, and Netscape Mail in Workspace 4.
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I was going to suggest replacing the min and max templates with macros, but I
see that they are used in lots of places with expressions with side effects,
so you definitely don't want to do that!
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switch to a different style. I prefer the Nyz style.
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John Kennis wrote:
> I'll be adding some stuff. At least if you guys find the tool usefull.
I'm still figuring out how to use it, but yes, I find it useful.
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r as well? The documentation
seems to indicate that, as well as all the options like
"bbappconf.desktop.width: 40", but I don't see any such thing. And
if that's not the case, what is the point of that sticky empty window that it
brings up? I don't see any point to i
John Kennis wrote:
> I just put up a preliminary version of bbappconf, a tool to set decoration
> and workspace of windows in Blackbox.
>
> Just have a look and let me know any suggestions/ideas you have.
Why does configure require XpmFree? I didn't need Xpm to compile bla
directory with the other blackbox executables.
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John Kennis wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Paul Tomblin wrote:
> > directory, you'll have to make sure that changing the title doesn't change the
> > name and screw up your stuff.
> >
> I've noticed that too, but the WM_CLASS name always seems to change.
ces. Not that I can think of any such
application right now, but it's something to think about.
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The Solaris application "perfmeter" puts an icon on the desktop, even though
in Blackbox it certainly doesn't act like an icon. Does anybody know how to
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space to another (using
WMInterface::changeDesktop, I beleive) and write a little app that would spawn
an application and move it to the appropriate desktop. Hmm.
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> > That's too bad, because I consider the ability to be able to put a
> > bunch of applications in my .xinitrc and start them up on the
> > appropriate Workspaces of primary importanc
erm -xrm
"Workspace: " and have it go to Workspace .
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"Gregory J. Barlow" wrote:
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> On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Paul Tomblin wrote:
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> > I'm sorry if this is a FAQ, but I can't find it documented anywhere. How do I
> > make Blackbox start up stuff in different workspaces? On some window
> > managers, you
edge of workspace +1, but
that doesn't appear to be the case with Blackbox. It also doesn't have any
option that I can see to save the current set-up to be restarted next time you
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Downloaded it, installed and it works beautiful, thanks. -Andy
On Wed, 31 May 2000, Nathan Clemons wrote:
> Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 20:33:27 -0400
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> Subject: Re: Re: Bbsload
>
> Same place as usual :)
>
> ftp://bbtools.windsofst
Where can I get 0.2.4 from?
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> Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 19:24:11 +0200
> To: "Andrew P Rossetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Subject: Re: Bbsload
>
> On Wed, 31 May 2000, Andrew P Rossetti wrote:
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The patch that I used was from Joey's Blackbox Patches
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> Where did you get the patch
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