scriptorius
14.06.06, 08:45
What is FluxBox?
Fluxbox is yet another windowmanager for X.
It's based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. Fluxbox looks like blackbox and handles styles, colors, window placement and similar thing exactly like blackbox (100% theme/style compability).
HP:
http://www.fluxbox.org
Download:
http://www.fluxbox.org/download.php
News in 1.0rc:
* External tabs are back.
- option in Configure menu to enable/disable
No restart required.
* Added support for following atoms:
_NET_WM_MOVERESIZE
_NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION (flashing titlebar/iconbar)
_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS
_NET_WM_ACTION_
_NET_WM_STATE_MODAL
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
_NET_RESTACK_WINDOW
For a complete list of supported net wm atoms
go to: http://www.fluxbox.org/docs/ewmh-support.html
* Added new commands:
* ToggleCmd
Works like a macro but executes the commands one at the time in order.
Example:
Mod1 T :ToggleCmd {Exec xterm} {NextWindow}
When Mod1 T is press the first time it will start xterm, the second time
it will do NextWindow. When it reaches end it will start at the beginning.
* CloseAllWindows
Closes all windows.
* Supports urgency hint ( flashing titlebar/iconbar )
* Pressing shift while pressing enter in menu item will fake a right mouse
button press. Useful for increase/decrease values in menu.
* Updated documentation
* Flashing titlebar/iconbar when the window demands attention with urgency
hint or using _NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION.
The blink rate can be configured with the following resource:
session.screen0.demandsAttentionTimeout:
Default value is 500.
If the value is zero this feature will be disabled.
* Better UTF-8 handling
* fbrun: Move the cursor to the end when tab completing
(rfe #1333003, patch #1475578)
* Added option to reverse desktop wheeling (patch #1034287)
session.screen0.reversewheeling: true|false
* Vertical toolbar is back.
* Provide "Key Modes"
- New action in keys file:
Modifier Key :KeyMode
Will define a key binding namespace activated by the given mod/key
combination. The End Modifier and key are optional. They define
the key combination that quits the given key mode. They default
to just 'Escape'.
- New keys file optional prefix:
: Modifier Key :Command
will only work when the keymode is activated.
- is "default" if not specified - so:
**default commands will not be activated inside another keymode**
- Handy Example:
Mod1 X :KeyMode XNest
XNest: Mod1 X :KeyMode default
Will switch to XNest keymode when you press Alt-X. Then the
default bindings will not be caught by normal fluxbox, and will
pass through to an Xnested one! Groovy... Alt-X will switch back
to normal.
Bug fixes:
* #1475268(patch) Fix occasional highlighting of menu nops+separators
* #1474722(patch) Focus singular windows on a workspace
* #1499402 Fix building on machines without iconv
* #1113668 Fix workspace menu corruption when window title changes
* #1359442 Fix system tray resize looping/livelock
* #1467871 Fix type of last_release_time, affected double click functions
on 64-bit platforms
* #1454204 Fix compile error in Theme.cc
* Fixed resize box bug, it had wrong size in some cases.
* Fixed bug with horizontal maximization when quadrant resizing
* Fixed transparency on multiple screens & possibly bad root bg atom reading
* Fixed memory leaks & other errors in Menu code
* Fixed crash when toolbar disabled
* Fix build on amd64
* Fixed crash when deiconify stuck windows with Follow mode
* Fixed apps filename on save
* Fix to slit transparency
* Fix resizing of client window when autogroup from apps
See ChangeLog for more details.
Fluxbox is yet another windowmanager for X.
It's based on the Blackbox 0.61.1 code. Fluxbox looks like blackbox and handles styles, colors, window placement and similar thing exactly like blackbox (100% theme/style compability).
HP:
http://www.fluxbox.org
Download:
http://www.fluxbox.org/download.php
News in 1.0rc:
* External tabs are back.
- option in Configure menu to enable/disable
No restart required.
* Added support for following atoms:
_NET_WM_MOVERESIZE
_NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION (flashing titlebar/iconbar)
_NET_WM_ALLOWED_ACTIONS
_NET_WM_ACTION_
_NET_WM_STATE_MODAL
_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
_NET_RESTACK_WINDOW
For a complete list of supported net wm atoms
go to: http://www.fluxbox.org/docs/ewmh-support.html
* Added new commands:
* ToggleCmd
Works like a macro but executes the commands one at the time in order.
Example:
Mod1 T :ToggleCmd {Exec xterm} {NextWindow}
When Mod1 T is press the first time it will start xterm, the second time
it will do NextWindow. When it reaches end it will start at the beginning.
* CloseAllWindows
Closes all windows.
* Supports urgency hint ( flashing titlebar/iconbar )
* Pressing shift while pressing enter in menu item will fake a right mouse
button press. Useful for increase/decrease values in menu.
* Updated documentation
* Flashing titlebar/iconbar when the window demands attention with urgency
hint or using _NET_WM_STATE_DEMANDS_ATTENTION.
The blink rate can be configured with the following resource:
session.screen0.demandsAttentionTimeout:
Default value is 500.
If the value is zero this feature will be disabled.
* Better UTF-8 handling
* fbrun: Move the cursor to the end when tab completing
(rfe #1333003, patch #1475578)
* Added option to reverse desktop wheeling (patch #1034287)
session.screen0.reversewheeling: true|false
* Vertical toolbar is back.
* Provide "Key Modes"
- New action in keys file:
Modifier Key :KeyMode
Will define a key binding namespace activated by the given mod/key
combination. The End Modifier and key are optional. They define
the key combination that quits the given key mode. They default
to just 'Escape'.
- New keys file optional prefix:
: Modifier Key :Command
will only work when the keymode is activated.
- is "default" if not specified - so:
**default commands will not be activated inside another keymode**
- Handy Example:
Mod1 X :KeyMode XNest
XNest: Mod1 X :KeyMode default
Will switch to XNest keymode when you press Alt-X. Then the
default bindings will not be caught by normal fluxbox, and will
pass through to an Xnested one! Groovy... Alt-X will switch back
to normal.
Bug fixes:
* #1475268(patch) Fix occasional highlighting of menu nops+separators
* #1474722(patch) Focus singular windows on a workspace
* #1499402 Fix building on machines without iconv
* #1113668 Fix workspace menu corruption when window title changes
* #1359442 Fix system tray resize looping/livelock
* #1467871 Fix type of last_release_time, affected double click functions
on 64-bit platforms
* #1454204 Fix compile error in Theme.cc
* Fixed resize box bug, it had wrong size in some cases.
* Fixed bug with horizontal maximization when quadrant resizing
* Fixed transparency on multiple screens & possibly bad root bg atom reading
* Fixed memory leaks & other errors in Menu code
* Fixed crash when toolbar disabled
* Fix build on amd64
* Fixed crash when deiconify stuck windows with Follow mode
* Fixed apps filename on save
* Fix to slit transparency
* Fix resizing of client window when autogroup from apps
See ChangeLog for more details.