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Offline mocore

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'Embedded' Desktop background Terminal - {open,flux,..}box
« on: November 08, 2013, 10:18:07 AM »
hi i have revisited some available 'desktop terminal' options   
and found the step's from
https://pickboy87.wordpress.com/2010/03/11/embedded-terminal-on-desktop/

simple to follow / modify
to work with tc & openbox

this is what changed

~/.Xdefaults
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URxvt.transparent:true
URxvt.scrollBar:false
URxvt.borderLess:true
URxvt.cursorColor:white
URxvt.foreground:white
URxvt*scrollstyle: plain
URxvt*thickness: 6
URxvt*scrollColor: #454545

~/.config/openbox/rc.xml
+ ( after / within '<applications>' tag )
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<application name="urxvt">
<decor>no</decor>
<focus>yes</focus>
<position>
<x>20</x>
<y>20</y>
</position>
<layer>below</layer>
<desktop>all</desktop>
<skip_taskbar>yes</skip_taskbar>
</application>

~/.setbackground
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# Urxvt Terminal on Desktop
urxvt &

eg
 http://i.imgur.com/3nvh6Ri.png
« Last Edit: November 17, 2013, 04:03:15 AM by mocore »

Offline Misalf

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Re: openbox 'Embedded' Desktop Terminal
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 11:20:31 AM »
Maybe you find these useful too:
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URxvt*scrollstyle: plain
URxvt*thickness: 6
URxvt*scrollColor: #454545
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Re: openbox 'Embedded' Desktop Terminal
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 02:13:54 PM »
The same can be done with Fluxbox:

By adding the following to ~/.fluxbox/apps
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[app] (name=aterm-desktop) (class=XTerm)
  [IconHidden] {yes}
  [Sticky] {yes}
  [Layer] {12}
[end]

Then start aterm like this
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aterm -name aterm-desktop -geometry 80x50+0+114 -bl +sr -tr -trsb -sh 80 &
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Re: openbox 'Embedded' Desktop Terminal
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2013, 06:20:24 AM »

thanks!
the slimmer scroll URxvt* scrollstyle thickness scrollColor   settings look better
with fluxbox
 uncommenting  'background: none'   disables fluxbox / lastwallpaper eg
~/.fluxbox/overlay
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! The following line will prevent styles from setting the background.
background: none