fluxbox - update request

[netnomad]

hi friends,

fluxbox reached now for almost one year version 1.3, in the moment it's 1.3.2 stable.
i guess that the git-version in the repository is now almost 2 years old, version 1.1.

it would be great to update this stable and highly configurable windows manager.

thank you for your help.

[netnomad]

hello friends,

is there a reason to stay with fluxbox at a more than 2-years-old-version?

thank you for your replies!

[Rich]

Hi netnomad

is there a reason to stay with fluxbox at a more than 2-years-old-version?

Is there a reason not to, aside from there being a newer version? Is fluxbox causing you a
problem?. Does this new version fix something or have a feature you need?

[paxrex33]

Well I donćt know about netnomad but I've been playing these last few days with fluxbox and I just can't make slit appear no matter what.
If newer version works better with TCL then go for it!

[Rich]

Hi paxrex33
I don't use fluxbox myself, but here is a link that may steer you toward some answers:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,12154.msg65121.html#msg65121

[netnomad]

hi rich, hi paxrex33,

i'm a heavy user of fluxbox and i use most of the features extensively.
it's a unbelievable configurable windows-manager with a professional toolbox...
and so i can confirm that everything is working well with the version of the repository,

although it's a little bit old-stable...

don't get me wrong, i love stable, well-tested versions
and i don't look for experimental features that cause stability or security problems...

but sometimes it's not soooo wrong to stay well-tuned to innovations and new stable versions ;-)

[paxrex33]

Rich, I already red what you suggested.
I also red forum posts mentioning fluxbox but examples are not so clear (not to me).

Netnomad, you say that everything works for you  .
Can you show me how your startup and slitlist files look like.
Whatever I put in those files slit doesn't appear  .

[netnomad]

read at first this thread:
http://forum.tinycorelinux.net/index.php/topic,12154.msg65121.html#msg65121
and dig into www.fluxbox.org

the startup-file has to be executable:
sudo chmod 700  ~/.fluxbox/startup

and i put startup into .xsession

~/.xsession:
~/.fluxbox/startup
so .xsession executes the startup-file

~/.fluxbox/startup:
#!/bin/sh
NETDEVICES="$(awk -F: '/eth.:|wlan.:|tr.:/{print $1}' /proc/net/dev 2>/dev/null)
if [ "`which wmcpuload`" ]; then
sudo killall wmcpuload
wmcpuload -bl -lc rgb:50/60/70 &
fi
if [ "`which wmnd`" ]; then
sudo killall wmnd
wmnd -i $NETDEVICES &
fi
if [ "`which wmnet`" ]; then
sudo killall wmnet
wmnet -wW $NETDEVICES &
fi
if [ "`which wmsmpmon`" ]; then
sudo killall wmsmpmon
wmsmpmon &
fi

~/.fluxbox/slitlist:
wmcpuload
wmnd
wmnet
wmsmpmon

~/.fluxbox/init:
session.startupFile: ~/.fluxbox/startup
session.slitlistFile: ~/.fluxbox/slitlist

[coreplayer2]

I'm still finding my way around fluxbox, yet mine runs perfectly without any start-up files or xsession entries.  I included fluxbox as a boot option in syslinuxcfg and that's it..

At least I know what the pager is now, but the slit???  read about it but that's as far as I managed to get..

[paxrex33]

Thank you netnomad 
I made a stupid mistake...
My startup file was not executable 
Now all I have to do is to get some dockapps and enjoy my new TCFlux...

[netnomad]

hi friends,

fluxbox reached now for almost two years version 1.3, in the moment it's 1.3.3 stable.
i guess that the git-version in the repository is now almost 3 years old, version 1.1.

http://fluxbox.org/news/

it would be great to update this stable and highly configurable windows manager.

thank you for your help.

[Rich]

Hi netnomad
Junan has not been active since September. You could try sending him a PM with a link to this thread.

[netnomad]

hi rich,

thank you for your hint:
i informed junan about this update request.

[Juanito]

Ref:

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$ fluxbox --info
Fluxbox version: git
...
Compiled options (- => disabled):
-DEBUG
EWMH
GNOME
IMLIB2
-NLS
REMEMBER
RENDER
SHAPE
SLIT
TOOLBAR
-XFT
XINERAMA
XMB
XPM
..it would be good  to enable xft in the new build

[netnomad]

hi rich,

junan gives no reply and there was no further activity for more than 5 months ...