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FLUXBOX(1)			Fluxbox Manual			    FLUXBOX(1)

NAME
       fluxbox - A lightweight window manager for the X Windowing System

SYNOPSIS
       fluxbox [-rc rcfile] [-log logfile] [-display display] [-screen
       all|scr,scr...] [-verbose] [-sync]

       fluxbox [-v | -version] | [-h | -help] | [-i | -info] |
       [-list-commands]

DESCRIPTION
       fluxbox(1) is a window manager. As such it provides configurable window
       decorations, a root menu to launch applications and a toolbar that
       shows the current workspace name, a set of application names and the
       current time. There is also a workspace menu to add or remove
       workspaces.

       Fluxbox can iconify (or minimize) windows to the toolbar One click and
       they reappear. A double-click on the titlebar of the window will shade
       it; i.e. the window will disappear, and only the titlebar will remain
       visible.

       There are also two areas commonly used by small applets: the ‘slit’ can
       be used to dock small applications; e.g. most of the “bbtools” and
       “Window Maker dockapps” can use the slit, and the ‘systray’ which lives
       in the toolbar supports standard system tray icons provided by some
       applications.

       Fluxbox uses its own graphics class to render its images on the fly. By
       using style files, you can determine in great detail how your desktop
       looks. fluxbox styles are compatible with those of Blackbox 0.65 or
       earlier versions, so users migrating can still use their current
       favourite themes.

       Most of the default keyboard and mouse button actions mentioned in this
       manual can be changed and configured in the ‘keys’ file. This powerful
       configuration file can also be used to automate almost any action you
       may want to perform, from launching applications to moving windows
       around the screen. See fluxbox-keys(5) for details.

       Fluxbox can also remember certain attributes of individual application
       windows and restore these settings the next time the window opens. See
       the fluxbox-apps(5) for details.

       Fluxbox supports the majority of the Extended Window Manager Hints
       (EWMH) specification, as well as numerous other Window Hinting
       standards. This allows all compliant window managers to provide a
       common interface to standard features used by applications and desktop
       utilities.

OPTIONS
       -display display
	   Start fluxbox on the specified display. Programs started by fluxbox
	   will share the DISPLAY environment variable also.

       -h, -help
	   Display command line options.

       -i, -info
	   Display useful information concerning the defaults and compiled-in
	   options.

       -log logfile
	   Starting fluxbox with this option will designate a file in which
	   you want to log events to.

       -rc rcfile
	   Use a different config file other than the default ~/.fluxbox/init.

       -v, -version
	   The version of fluxbox installed.

       -screen all|scr,scr...
	   Run on specified screens only or all (by default).

       -verbose
	   Print more information in process.

       -sync
	   Synchronize with the X server for debugging.

       -list-commands
	   Lists all available internal commands.

STARTING FLUXBOX
       fluxbox(1) comes with a program called startfluxbox(1) usually located
       wherever you installed fluxbox. This script provides you with many
       options and variables that can be set when starting fluxbox. To
       actually call fluxbox and begin using it, you should place “exec
       startfluxbox” in your ~/.xinitrc as the last executed command. This is
       assuming that the location of fluxbox(1) and startfluxbox(1) are in
       your shell’s $PATH. Also note that you may need to create the
       ~/.xinitrc file or your setup may use ~/.xsession instead, depending on
       your X setup. Some X login managers like gdm(1) or kdm(1) may simply
       provide a “Fluxbox” session for you without having to alter any
       settings.

       By using fluxbox -i you’ll see the defaults used by fluxbox(1). These
       are what fluxbox looks for upon startup. In the list of “Defaults:”
       you’ll see a menu file location, this is where you can provide a
       system-wide menu file for your users.

       On exit or restart, fluxbox will save user defaults in the file
       ~/.fluxbox/init. Resources in this file can also be edited by hand, see
       the RESOURCES section for more details. fluxbox(1) also has many tools
       to edit these; look through the main menu once fluxbox has started to
       find different ways of managing your session.

USING FLUXBOX
       When using fluxbox for the first time, users who are more accustomed to
       full desktop environments such as KDE or Gnome may be a little
       surprised by the minimal screen content. fluxbox is designed to be fast
       and powerful, so it may take a bit of getting used to — however, the
       rewards are worthwhile.

       In this section, we’ll give a quick summary of the common things.
       However, we recommend that you consult the referenced sections of this
       manual to further develop your understanding of what you can do with
       fluxbox.

   Root Window (Main)
       Looking at the fluxbox desktop immediately after startup you’ll
       generally see only one thing: the toolbar. If you right-click (mouse
       button 3) somewhere on the desktop, you can access the Root Menu. A
       middle-click (mouse button 2) on the desktop shows you the Workspace
       Menu.

   Root Menu and Workspace Menu
       From the RootMenu you can launch applications and configure fluxbox.
       The WorkspaceMenu shows all windows and on which workspaces they are.
       See section MENUS on how to customize these menus.

   Toolbar
       The toolbar contains any combination of the following tools, by default
       in this order:

       ·    Workspace Name: Name of the current visible workspace

       ·    Workspace Arrows: Previous/Next Workspace

       ·    Iconbar: List of windows managed by fluxbox

       ·    Window Arrows: Previous/Next Application Window

       ·    System Tray: Area for applets

       ·    Clock: Date and Time

       The contents and behavior of the toolbar can be configured, see the
       TOOLBAR section for details.

   Slit
       Initially you won’t be able to see the slit. It is there, but it isn’t
       being used yet, which confuses some people initially. Think of it as a
       dock where you can place smaller programs. If you’ve looked at any
       screenshots on the official fluxbox web site, you will have noticed
       some small programs on the edge of some of the screens. These were more
       than likely docked programs in the slit. To learn more about the slit,
       we have an entire SLIT section below that goes into detail about the
       options you have.

   Layers
       fluxbox manages the following layers (from highest to lowest):

       ·   Above Dock

       ·   Dock

       ·   Top

       ·   Normal

       ·   Bottom

       ·   Desktop

       Windows on a higher layer will always appear above those on a lower
       one. These layers can be used on application windows, the slit or the
       toolbar. You can assign applications to a certain layer by specifying
       it in the ‘apps’ file or through the WindowMenu. We discuss the ‘apps’
       file in fluxbox-apps(5). We discuss the WindowMenu in the MENUS
       section. We discuss layers in more detail in the LAYERS section.

   Focus Model
       The window that has the focus is the one that receives key and mouse
       events. The focus model is selectable via the Configuration menu
       located in the root menu. We’ll discuss the different types of focus
       below in the FOCUS MODEL section.

   Windows
       A left-click (mouse button 1) on any part of the window’s border will
       raise it. Dragging then moves the window to another part of the
       desktop. A right click and drag on the border resizes the window.
       Dragging the resize grips at the left and right bottom corners also
       will resize the window. Middle clicking on a border or titlebar will
       immediately lower the window. Right clicking on the titlebar opens the
       Window menu. The commands unique to this menu are discussed in detail
       in the Window Menu section.

   Tabs
       fluxbox allows windows to be ‘grouped’ by middle clicking and holding
       on a window’s tab and dragging it onto another window. This ‘tabbing’
       allows you to put multiple applications in one location on the desktop
       and do several operations (for example, moving or resizing) to all
       windows in the group. By default, tabs are located just above the
       window, but they may be embedded in the titlebar or moved to other
       locations on the outside of the window. Configuration is discussed in
       TAB OPTIONS section.

       You can also set up automatic grouping using the ‘apps’ file. See GROUP
       SECTIONS in fluxbox-apps(5) for details.

   Key Bindings
       There are a number of key bindings set up by default, which can be
       configured and extended to just about anything you can imagine with the
       keyboard. See fluxbox-keys(5) for details on how to do this.

       The default bindings set up by fluxbox are as follows:

       Mouse clicks on the empty desktop:

       ·    Left-click (Button 1): hides all fluxbox menus

       ·    Middle-click (Button 2): shows the Workspace Menu

       ·    Right-click (Button 3): shows the Root Menu

       ·    Scroll wheel (Buttons 4 and 5): jump to the previous/next
	   workspace

       Mouse gestures on a window:

       ·    ALT+Drag Left-click anywhere on a window moves the window.

       ·    ALT+Drag Right-click anywhere on a window resizes the window.

       ·    ALT+Middle-click anywhere on a window lowers the current window.

       Mouse gestures on a window’s titlebar:

       ·    CTRL+Drag Left-click on a window’s titlebar lets you drag to
	   attach the window to another’s tab group

       ·    Double Left-click on a window’s titlebar shades the window

       ·    Middle-click on a window’s titlebar lowers the window

       ·    Right-click on a window’s titlebar pops up the Window Menu

       Mouse gestures on the toolbar:

       ·    Scroll wheel on the toolbar cycles through windows

       Keyboard bindings:

       ·    ALT+Tab / ALT+Shift+Tab: Cycle through windows

       ·    WIN+Tab / WIN+Shift+Tab: Cycle through tabs

       ·    WIN+1 - WIN+9: Select the 1st → 9th tab in the current window

       ·    ALT+F1: Run xterm(1) to open a new terminal

       ·    ALT+F2: Run fbrun(1) for a small “run program” dialog

       ·    ALT+F4: Close the current window

       ·    ALT+F5: Kill the current window (like xkill(1))

       ·    ALT+F9: Minimize (iconify) the current window

       ·    ALT+F10: Maximize the current window

       ·    ALT+F11: Full-screen the current window

       ·    ALT+Space: Open the Window Menu

       ·    CTRL+ALT+Del: Exit fluxbox (log out)

       ·    CTRL+ALT+Left / CTRL+ALT+Right: Go to the previous/next workspace

       ·    WIN+Left / WIN+Right: Send the current window to the previous/next
	   workspace, but remain on this workspace

       ·    CTRL+WIN+Left / CTRL+WIN+Right: Take the current window to the
	   previous/next workspace, and switch to that workspace

       ·    CTRL+F1 - CTRL+F12: Switch to the 1st → 12th workspace

       ·    WIN+F1 - WIN+F12: Send the current window to a specific workspace

       ·    CTRL+WIN+F1 - CTRL+WIN+F12: Take the current window to a specific
	   workspace

MENUS
       fluxbox provides a popup menu facility that is used by a few different
       types of native menus.

       When a menu is open, you can click on items with the mouse to activate
       them. Some special menu items react slightly differently depending on
       the mouse button you use, but normally you will want to use a
       left-click (button 1).

       You can also use the the keyboard arrow key to navigate, or even type
       the first few letters of the item’s label to select it, and “enter” to
       activate the item.

       Normally activating a menu item should close the menu. You can also
       right-click the title are of a menu or press “esc” to close it without
       activating an item.

   Root Menu
       The root menu is where you can launch commonly-used applications and
       change different aspects of fluxbox by simply clicking on a menu item.
       By default it is opened by a right-click on the empty area of the
       desktop.

       The contents of this menu can be configured, see fluxbox-menu(5) for
       details.

       The default menu, which is created by the “fluxbox-generate_menu”
       command, contains menus for installed applications, as well as a
       special “Fluxbox menu” item with the items detailed below:

       Configure
	   The next level under this menu is where you can set certain
	   resources and really begin to customize the look and feel of your
	   desktop. See the Configure Menu section below for more details.

       System Styles
	   This is where the standard styles are listed. You can select one of
	   these by clicking on it, and it will be applied immediately. System
	   styles are located in /usr/share/fluxbox/styles/ upon a default
	   install. Remember that you can confirm this with fluxbox -i.

	   User Styles
	       This is where your custom styles are listed. It will list any
	       styles from ~/.fluxbox/styles/, which may be styles you grab
	       from the Internet, or your own custom styles, provided you
	       follow the standards described in fluxbox-style(5).

	   Workspace List
	       This is the same as the Workspace Menu detailed below.

	   Tools
	       Listed here are different tools that you can use. You can
	       rename your workspace, run programs from a command line or
	       regenerate your menu.

	   Window Managers
	       Allows you to switch your window manager. (Only listed if you
	       have other window managers/desktop environments installed.)

	   Lock Screen
	       Locks the screen, if a suitable locking program has been
	       detected.

	   Fluxbox Command
	       A little Commandline will popup where you can enter a fluxbox
	       command. These commands are the same as those detailed in
	       fluxbox-keys(5).

	   Reload config
	       Use this to reload the fluxbox configuration files. You must do
	       this after editing the ‘keys’ file, ‘init’ file, or the current
	       style.

	   Restart
	       Restart the whole darn thing. This starts a completely new
	       fluxbox process, rereads files and redraws all graphical
	       elements. Running applications will remain open, however, and
	       restored to the same workspaces they were previously in once
	       fluxbox returns.

	   Exit
	       Exits fluxbox, which in turn either shuts down the X Window
	       server or returns you to the graphical login screen.

   Configuration Menu
       This menu offers the opportunity to set up fluxbox. It contains many
       options which can be altered manually in the ‘init’ file, but this is
       an easier and faster way to change the most common settings.

       All changes take effect immediately.

       Focus Model
	   Lets you configure the window focus model. For details, see FOCUS
	   MODEL, below.

       Maximize Options
	   Lets you configure what happens when you maximize a window. The
	   four options are:

	   Full Maximization:
	       Normally, a maximized window will not overlap the toolbar,
	       slit, or any docked windows (like panels). Enabling this option
	       allows maximized windows to be as large as the actual screen
	       resolution.

	   Ignore Resize Increment:
	       Normally, terminal windows specify a “resize increment” which
	       mean fluxbox will only resize the window to an even multiple of
	       the character size. Enabling this option will ignore this
	       specification when maximizing.

	   Disable Moving / Disable Resizing:
	       Normally, maximized windows can still be moved and resized.
	       Enabling these options prevents these behaviour.

       Tab Options
	   Lets you configure the properties of tabs. Detailed in TAB OPTIONS,
	   below.

       Slit
	   This menu can also be found by right-clicking the slit (if
	   visible). Find more information about this menu’s options in the
	   Slit Menu section, below.

       Toolbar
	   This menu can also be found by right-clicking any non-icon part of
	   the toolbar. Find more information about this menu’s options in the
	   Toolbar Menu section, below.

       Transparency
	   This sets the default transparency for a focused windows, unfocused
	   window and the menu. Use the left mouse button to decrease and the
	   right mouse button to increase the value. 0 is invisible, 255 is
	   not transparent at all.

	   The transparency of individual application windows can be
	   overridden in the ‘apps’ file (fluxbox-apps(5)).

	   The Force Pseudo Transparency option will force fluxbox to ignore
	   the xcomposite extension and use pseudo-transparency instead of
	   true transparency. Note: When pseudo-transparency is on, the
	   transparency values here only affect titlebars, not window
	   contents.

       Opaque Window Moving
	   If enabled, you will see the window content while dragging it.
	   Otherwise only an outline of the window will be shown.

       Workspace Warping
	   If enabled, you can drag windows from one workspace to another. The
	   previous workspace is to the left, the next workspace is to the
	   right.

   Window Menu
       The Window menu is displayed when you right click on the titlebar of a
       window.

       To customize this menu, see the WINDOW MENU section of fluxbox-menu(5).

       By default, this menu contains:

       Shade
	   Shade the window (display the titlebar only).

       Stick
	   (Un)Stick window. A ‘stuck’ window will always be displayed on all
	   workspaces.

       Send To...
	   Send window to another workspace. When you select the workspace
	   with a middle click, fluxbox will send you along with the
	   application to the selected workspace.

       Maximize
	   (Un)Maximize window. Depending on your toolbar and slit
	   configuration, maximize may cover them. You can use the different
	   mouse buttons for different aspects of maximize function.

	   ·   Button 1 (Un)Maximize as normal.

	   ·   Button 2 (Un)Maximize window vertically.

	   ·   Button 3 (Un)Maximize window horizontally.

       Iconify
	   Iconify (or minimize) a window. The ‘icon’ can be found in the
	   Icons submenu of the workspace menu as well as in the toolbar (if a
	   Toolbar mode showing Icons is selected).

       Raise
	   Raise the window above all others in the same layer.

       Lower
	   Lower the window below all others in the same layer.

       Layer...
	   Change the layer of this window. See LAYERS for more details.

       Transparency
	   Change this window’s transparency, overriding the defaults from the
	   Configuration Menu.

       Remember...
	   Specify which window settings should be stored in the ‘apps’ file
	   and resumed the next time this window is opened.

	   Specifically the setting you may store are:

	   Workpace:
	       Open this in the same workspace as where the window currently
	       resides.

	   Jump to workspace:
	       When Workspace is selected, fluxbox will jump to the
	       appropriate workspace when this window is opened there. If not
	       selected, the window will open in the background.

	   Head:
	       For xinerama users only, start this window on the current head
	       (or screen).

	   Dimensions:
	       Record the current window height and width.

	   Position:
	       Record the current X and Y coordinates of the window.

	   Sticky:
	       Record whether the window is on all desktops, or not.

	   Decorations:
	       Record the current set of decorations (title bar, grips, tabs,
	       etc) on the window.

	   Shaded:
	       Record whether the window is shaded (or rolled-up) or not.

	   Minimized:
	       Record whether the window is iconified (or minimized) or not.

	   Maximized:
	       Record whether the window is maximized or not.

	   Fullscreen:
	       Record whether the window is in fullscreen mode or not.

	   Transparency:
	       Record the current Transparency settings.

	   Layer:
	       Record the current layer.

	   Save on close:
	       If selected, any of the above items which are also selected
	       will be updated with the window’s current values as it is
	       closed.

	   These are is covered in more detail in fluxbox-apps(5).

       Close
	   Close the application softly.

       Kill
	   Kill the window’s parent process, like xkill(1).

   Workspace Menu
       The workspace menu can be found, by default, by middle-clicking on the
       background. This menu contains entries to explore the currently defined
       workspaces, windows, and add/remove/rename workspaces.

       Icons
	   This menu shows any iconified (or, minimized) windows. Clicking on
	   a window in this menu will raise it on the current workspace.

       Workspaces
	   The next section provides one submenu per workspace.
	   Middle-clicking on a workspace name will take you to that
	   workspace. The submenu contains a list of all open windows on that
	   workspace. Clicking on a window name will take you to that window
	   and raise it, changing the active workspace if necessary.

       New Workspace
	   This entry adds a new workspace to the end of the list of current
	   workspaces.

       Edit current workspace name
	   Pops up a dialog to enter a new name for the current workspace.

       Remove Last
	   Remove the last workspace in the list. Any windows currently open
	   there will be sent to the next-to-last workspace.

TOOLBAR
       The toolbar is a small area to display information like a clock,
       workspace name, a system tray or a taskbar (iconbar) that can contain
       the running programs. The color, look, font etc. is defined in the
       STYLE.

       The tools in the toolbar can be enabled/disabled in the ‘init’ file
       with the session.screen0.toolbar.tools resource. See the RESOURCES
       section for details on how to alter this value.

       The possible tools are:

       Clock
	   This will show an area to display a clock and the date according to
	   the format specification listed in "man strtftime"

       Iconbar
	   This is the area that contains all windows (all running
	   applications, all minimized windows or maybe no window, all
	   depending on the Toolbar Settings).

       Systemtray
	   The Systemtray can hold applications that are made to use it.

       WorkspaceName
	   This displays the name of the current workspace.

       PrevWorkspace
	   This displays an arrow that allows one to switch to the workspace
	   left of the current one.

       NextWorkspace
	   This displays an arrow that allows one to switch to the workspace
	   right of the current one.

       PrevWindow
	   This displays an arrow that switches focus to the previous visible
	   window on the current workspace.

       NextWindow
	   This displays an arrow that switches focus to the next visible
	   window on the current workspace.

       Other aspects of the toolbar can be configured in two ways: through the
       toolbar menu, which is accessible in the Configuration part of the
       RootMenu or with a right click on the edge the toolbar, or by editing
       the init file (see the RESOURCES section for more information about
       that).

   Toolbar Menu
       This menu can be opened by right-clicking on the toolbar (though not on
       a window’s name in the iconbar), or from the Configuration Menu.

       All changes take effect immediately. Here are the settings:

       Visible
	   Sets the toolbar either to visible or invisible.

       Auto hide
	   If this is enabled the toolbar will disappear after a defined time
	   when the mouse pointer leaves the toolbar. It will slide in when
	   the cursor hits the remaining edge of the toolbar. See the
	   session.autoRaiseDelay resource for the delay time.

       Toolbar width percentage
	   Sets the width of the toolbar in a percentage of your total screen
	   size. Use the left mouse button to decrease and the right
	   mouse-button to increase the value. The value can be from 1-100.

       Maximize Over
	   Enabling this option will allow windows to maximize over the
	   toolbar. With this switched on they will only expand to the edge of
	   the bar. This option may be overridden by the “Full Maximization”
	   from the Configuration Menu. If that option is enabled, this option
	   will have no effect..

       Layer...
	   This sets the layer on which the toolbar is set. With this you can
	   set the toolbar to "Always on top".

       Placement
	   Sets the toolbar to any edge of the screen, either centered or
	   aligned with a corner.

       Alpha
	   This sets the alpha value for the toolbar. Use the left mouse
	   button to decrease and the right mouse button to increase the
	   value. 0 is invisible, 255 is not transparent at all.

       Iconbar Mode
	   Specifies various modes of the iconbar’s operation.

	   The first section outlines what types of windows will be shown in
	   the iconbar:

	   None:
	       Will not show any windows

	   Icons:
	       Shows windows from all workspaces that are iconified (or,
	       minimized)

	   NoIcons:
	       Shows windows from all workspaces that are not iconified

	   WorkspaceIcons:
	       Shows windows from the current workspace that are iconified

	   WorkspaceNoIcons:
	       Shows windows from the current workspace that are not iconified

	   Workspace:
	       Shows all windows (iconified or not) from the current workspace

	   All Windows:
	       Shows all windows (iconified or not) from all workspaces

	   The next section specifies the alignment of the window names shown
	   in the iconbar. The width is specified via the
	   session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth resource:

	   Left:
	       All icons will be left-aligned with the width set in the ‘init’
	       file

	   Relative:
	       All icons will be sized evenly to fill the iconbar completely

	   Right:
	       All icons will be right-aligned with the width set in the
	       ‘init’ file

	   The last option in this submenu is:

	   Show Pictures:
	       If enabled the iconbar will show the application’s icon (if
	       provided by the application)

       Clock
	   Lets you switch between the 00:00am - 11:59pm and 00:00 - 23:59
	   notation

       Edit Clock Format
	   clicking this entry will pop up a dialog window in which the clock
	   format can be set according to man strftime (or man date).

FOCUS MODEL
       The Focus Model defines how windows gain focus (i.e. become the active
       window, which receives keyboard and mouse events). The focus model can
       be changed in the configuration menu (usually located under fluxbox
       menu in the Root Menu.

       There are two main aspects of the focus model: how windows gain focus
       and how tabs gain focus. Each of these has two options: focus follows
       mouse and click to focus. Focus follows mouse means that windows will
       gain focus when the mouse hovers over them. Click to focus means that
       windows will gain focus when the mouse clicks on them.

       Thus, there are four main options when choosing a focus model. You
       should choose one of the first two and one of the last two. They are:

       Click To Focus
	   Click to focus windows.

       Mouse Focus
	   Window focus follows mouse.

       ClickTabFocus
	   Click to focus tabs.

       MouseTabFocus
	   Tab focus follows mouse.

       There are three more settings in the “Focus Model” menu:

       Focus New Windows
	   If enabled, a new window will grab X focus as soon as it is opened.

	   Auto Raise
	       If enabled, focusing on a new window will automatically raise
	       that window above all others within its layer. When disabled,
	       you must explicitly raise a focused window using the window
	       menu, keybinding, or Click Raises.

	   Click Raises
	       If enabled, clicking anywhere on a window will raise it above
	       all others within its layer.

TAB OPTIONS
       This section of fluxbox configuration menu lets you configure many
       features of tabs. Inside of it there are three main options:

       Placement
	   You can choose where the external tabs will be positioned relative
	   to the window. For these options to work, Tabs in Titlebar must be
	   off.

       Tabs in Titlebar
	   When this option is on, tabs are fixed in window titlebar and the
	   width varies according to the amount of windows grouped.

       Maximize Over
	   When this option is on, maximizing a window will disregard the size
	   and location of external tabs, which means they may be pushed out
	   of the screen entirely.

       External Tab Width
	   This specifies in pixels the width of external tabs.

STYLES
       fluxbox enables you to use specialized files that contain X(1)
       resources to specify colors, textures, pixmaps and fonts, and thus the
       overall look of your window borders, menus and the toolbar.

       The default installation of fluxbox provides some of these style files.
       See fluxbox-style(5) to accommodate the growing number of style
       components.

   Style Overlay
       In addition to the style file, the overlay file, whose location is
       specified by session.screen0.styleOverlay (default: ~/.fluxbox/overlay)
       can be used to set style resources that override all styles. For more
       information about which parts of fluxbox can be controlled by the
       overlay file, see fluxbox-style(5).

THE SLIT
       The slit is a special fluxbox window frame that can contain dockable
       applications, such as “bbtools” or “window maker dockapps”.

       When applications are run in the slit they have no window borders of
       their own; instead they are framed in the slit, and they are always
       visible in the current workspace.

       Most dockable applications use the -w option to run in the slit. For
       example, you could put in your ~/.fluxbox/startup:

	   bbmail -w &
	   bbpager -w &
	   wmdrawer &
	   exec fluxbox

       To use the slit you must have it compiled into fluxbox. This is the
       default setting.

   Slit Menu
       This menu can be opened by right-clicking on the slit (though not on an
       application running within the slit), or from the Configuration Menu.

       All changes take effect immediately. Here are the settings:

       Placement
	   This lets you set the position of the slit.

       Layer
	   See LAYERS for details on the layer order.

       Auto hide
	   If this is enabled the slit will disappear after a defined time
	   when the mouse pointer leaves the slit. It will slide in when the
	   cursor hits the remaining edge of the slit. See the
	   session.autoRaiseDelay resource for the delay time.

       Maximize Over
	   Enabling this option will allow windows to maximizing over the
	   slit. With this switched off they will only expand to the edge of
	   the slit. This option may be overridden by the “Full Maximization”
	   from the Configuration Menu. If that option is enabled, this option
	   will have no effect..

       Alpha
	   This sets the alpha value for the slit. Use the left mouse button
	   to decrease and the right mouse button to increase the value. 0 is
	   invisible, 255 is not transparent at all.

       Clients
	   This submenu lets you reorder the the applications running in the
	   slit. You are able to hide apps from the slit by unselecting them
	   in the list showing. This will not kill the app. You can make them
	   re-appear by selecting them in the list. The "Save SlitList" option
	   saves the new order to you slitlist located in ~/.fluxbox/slitlist.
	   See the next section for details.

   Slitlist File
       fluxbox’s slitlist file is available for those that use dockapps in the
       slit. This file helps fluxbox keep track of the order of the dockapps
       when in the slit. The file is generally located at ~/.fluxbox/slitlist.

       A simple procedure for getting the slit sequences the way you like it
       is: 1. Run fluxbox with no pre-loaded dockapps 2. Run dockapps
       individually in the order you want them 3. Add dockapps to your
       startfluxbox(1) script

       This sequence will be saved by default to ~/.fluxbox/slitlist and will
       be remembered for future instances of fluxbox.

       Users are free to manually edit the slitlist file. It is a simple list
       of window names, as given by xprop(1), one per dockapp. Similar to the
       init file it should not be edited while fluxbox is running. Otherwise
       changes may get overwritten.

       The user also has the option of choosing a different path for the
       slitlist file, by setting the session.session0.slitlistFile resource.

LAYERS
       Layers affect the way that windows will overlap each other on the
       screen. Windows on a higher layer will always appear above those on a
       lower one, whether they are focused or not. Fluxbox uses 13 layers,
       starting from 1 (highest).

       There are two ways to assign a window to a different layer. When the
       window is open, you may select the layer in the ‘Layer ...’ submenu of
       the window menu. The menu gives six choices for the layer, which
       fluxbox manages by name. The names are (from highest to lowest layer):

       ·   2 - Above Dock

       ·   4 - Dock

       ·   6 - Top

       ·   8 - Normal

       ·   10 - Bottom

       ·   12 - Desktop

       The other way to set the layer for a window is through the ‘apps’ file.
       This method is described in fluxbox-apps(5).

RESOURCES
       Usually the ~/.fluxbox/init resource file is created and maintained by
       fluxbox itself. You can use the Configure Menu, mentioned above, to set
       most of these options. However, we’ll cover all of the resource options
       that are available to the user. If you edit this file while fluxbox is
       running, you must “reconfigure” to reload the resource options.

       When running fluxbox in a multiple-screen environment the screen0 key
       can also be screen1, screen2, to customize the behavior of fluxbox on
       each desktop accordingly. Here are the resources that are currently
       available:

       session.screen0.window.{focus|unfocus}.alpha: integer
	   These resources are available to the user to set different levels
	   of transparency for different components of fluxbox. Each one
	   accepts a value between 0-255, 255 being opaque and 0 being
	   completely transparent.

	   Default: 255

       session.screen0.{slit|toolbar}.autoHide: boolean
	   The autoHide resources allow the user to set the behavior of the
	   toolbar and slit. This behavior can be that they disappear when
	   they are not being used actively by the user, or they remain
	   visible at all times.

	   Default: False

       session.screen0.{slit|toolbar}.layer: layer
	   With these two resources, you can set the layer you want the
	   toolbar and the slit to appear on. Please read the LAYER section
	   for more information.

	   Default: Dock

       session.screen0.{slit|toolbar}.placement: placement
	   These allow users to place the slit and toolbar where they like.

	   Possible options are:

	       BottomLeft BottomCenter BottomRight LeftBottom LeftCenter
	       LeftTop RightBottom RightCenter RightTop TopLeft TopCenter
	       TopRight

	   Slit default: RightBottom

	   Toolbar default: BottomCenter

       session.screen0.{slit|toolbar|tabs}.maxOver: boolean
	   Setting these to True will allow application windows to maximize
	   over the complete screen. Setting to False allows the slit,
	   toolbar, and external tabs to hold their territory and will always
	   be visible when an application is maximized.

	   Default: False

       session.screen0.toolbar.height: integer
	   Set the height of the toolbar. If the value is set to 0, the style
	   file will gain control over the toolbar height. It is possible to
	   set a fixed height by changing this value to something greater than
	   0.

	   Default: 0

       session.screen0.toolbar.visible: boolean
	   The user can set whether they want to have a toolbar on screen at
	   all. Setting to False removes the toolbar from the screen.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.toolbar.widthPercent: integer
	   This resource sets the width percentage of the toolbar on the
	   screen.

	   Default: 100

       session.screen0.toolbar.tools: tools
	   This resource specifies the tools plugged into the toolbar. Read
	   the TOOLBAR section in this manual for a description of each of
	   these. They may be specified in any order, delimited by the ,
	   character. They will appear in the order given.

	   Possible tools:

	       clock iconbar nextwindow prevwindow nextworkspace prevworkspace
	       systemtray workspacename

	   Default:

	       workspacename, prevworkspace, nextworkspace, iconbar,
	       prevwindow, nextwindow, systemtray, clock

       session.screen0.{slit|toolbar}.onhead: integer
	   For those that use xinerama, users can set this value to the number
	   of the head where they would like to see the slit and toolbar,
	   starting from 1. Setting this to 0 will ignore xinerama
	   information.

	   Default: 0 for slit, 1 for toolbar

       session.screen0.iconbar.mode: pattern
	   This determines which windows will be displayed in the iconbar. Any
	   window pattern is acceptable. See the section CLIENT PATTERNS in
	   either fluxbox-keys(5) or fluxbox-apps(5) for details.

	   Default: {static groups} (workspace)

       session.screen0.iconbar.usePixmap: boolean
	   This is also set in the Iconbar Mode menu. When set to True, this
	   will show the native icon of applications.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.iconbar.iconTextPadding: integer
	   This specifies the space between the window title and the edge of
	   the button.

	   Default: 10

       session.screen0.iconbar.alignment: position
	   This value should be changed in the Iconbar Mode menu.

	   Available options:

	       ·    Left: Fixed width, aligned left

	       ·    Relative: Width varies to fill the iconbar

	       ·    Right: Fixed width, aligned right

	   Default: Relative

       session.screen0.iconbar.iconWidth: integer
	   Used to specify the iconbar button width for Left/Right alignment.

	   Default: 128

       session.screen0.strftimeFormat: date
	   This adjusts the way the current time is displayed in the toolbar.
	   The strftime(3) format is used.

	   Default: %k:%M

       session.screen0.tabs.intitlebar: boolean
	   This specifies whether tabs should be embedded in the titlebar or
	   placed outside the window.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.tab.placement: placement
	   This specifies where external tabs will appear on the window. It
	   has the same possible values as
	   sesion.screen0.{slit|toolbar}.placement.

	   Default: TopLeft

       session.screen0.tab.width: integer
	   This specifies the width of external tabs in pixels.

	   Default: 64

       session.screen0.focusModel: ClickToFocus|MouseFocus|StrictMouseFocus
	   This controls how windows gain focus via the mouse. With
	   ‘ClickToFocus’, the user must click on the window. With
	   ‘MouseFocus’, windows gain focus whenever the mouse moves over
	   them, but only when the mouse is moving. With ‘StrictMouseFocus’,
	   windows gain focus whenever the mouse enters any exposed area, even
	   if this is due to layer changes, window movement, changing
	   desktops, closing windows, etc.

	   Default: ClickToFocus

       session.screen0.autoRaise: boolean
	   When True, this setting automatically raises any window that gains
	   focus.

	   Default: True

       session.autoRaiseDelay: integer
	   Adjusts the delay (in milli-sec) before focused windows will raise
	   when using the Autoraise option.

	   Default: 250

       session.screen0.clickRaises: boolean
	   This setting allows a user to click anywhere on a window to bring
	   it on top of other windows. Otherwise, only the titlebar will work.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.workspacewarping: boolean
	   This setting enables a user to change workspaces by dragging a
	   window across the edge of the screen.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.showwindowposition: boolean
	   Setting this resource to True shows the user, in a little window,
	   the exact position of the application window while the user is
	   dragging it. Allows a precise placement of windows on a screen.

	   Default: False

       session.screen0.defaultDeco: string
	   This specifies the default window decorations, according to the
	   same options available to the [Deco] option in the ‘apps’ file,
	   described in fluxbox-apps(5).

	   Default: NORMAL

       session.screen0.menuDelay: integer
	   This sets the delay in milliseconds for submenus to open when you
	   hover over them or to close when you hover over another item.

	   Default: 200

       session.screen0.focusNewWindows: boolean
	   This sets whether or not new windows will become focused
	   automatically.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.workspaceNames: names
	   Here is where the user can name their workspaces, in a
	   comma-delimited list. However it is recommended to use the tool
	   available in the Workspace Menu to set these.

	   Default: Workspace 1, Workspace 2, Workspace 3, Workspace 4

       session.screen0.edgeSnapThreshold: integer
	   When moving a window across your screen, fluxbox is able to have it
	   ‘snap’ to the edges of the screen and other windows for easy
	   placement. This variable tells fluxbox the distance (in pixels) at
	   which the window will jump to the edge.

	   Default: 10

       session.screen0.windowPlacement: strategy
	   This resource specifies where to place new windows when not
	   otherwise specified (by the program or the ‘apps’ file, for
	   example).

	   Available strategies:

	       ·   RowSmartPlacement: tries to place windows in rows without
		   overlapping

	       ·   ColSmartPlacement: tries to place windows in columns
		   without overlapping

	       ·   CascadePlacement: places windows below the titlebar of the
		   previous one

	       ·   UnderMousePlacement: places new windows underneath the
		   mouse

	   Default: RowSmartPlacement

       session.screen0.rowPlacementDirection: LeftToRight|RightToLeft
	   These settings control the direction in which windows are tiled
	   using the RowSmartPlacement and ColSmartPlacement strategies
	   described above.

	   Default: LeftToRight

       session.screen0.colPlacementDirection: TopToBottom|BottomToTop
	   These settings control the direction in which windows are tiled
	   using the RowSmartPlacement and ColSmartPlacement strategies
	   described above.

	   Default: TopToBottom

       session.screen0.fullMaximization: boolean
	   If this setting is enabled, windows will maximize over the toolbar,
	   slit, and any other window that creates a strut, no matter what
	   their individual settings are.

	   Default: False

       session.screen0.opaqueMove: boolean
	   When moving a window, setting this to True will draw the window
	   contents as it moves (this is nasty on slow systems). If False, it
	   will only draw an outline of the window border.

	   Default: True

       session.screen0.workspaces: integer
	   Set this to the number of workspaces the users wants.

	   Default: 4

       session.cacheLife: minutes
	   This tells fluxbox how long unused pixmaps may stay in the X
	   server’s memory.

	   Default: 5

       session.cacheMax: KbSize
	   This tells fluxbox how much memory it may use to store cached
	   pixmaps on the X server. If your machine runs short of memory, you
	   may lower this value.

	   Default: 200

       session.colorsPerChannel: integer
	   This tells fluxbox how many colors to take from the X server on
	   pseudo-color displays. A channel would be red, green, or blue.
	   fluxbox will allocate this variable ^ 3 and make them always
	   available. Value must be between 2-6. When you run fluxbox on an
	   8bpp display, you must set this resource to 4.

	   Default: 4

       session.doubleClickInterval: integer
	   Adjust the delay in milliseconds between mouse clicks for fluxbox
	   to consider a double click.

	   Default: 250

       session.forcePseudoTransparency: boolean
	   If you have Xorg’s composite extension enabled, this setting will
	   force the menu, windows, toolbar, and slit to use
	   pseudo-transparency instead of true transparency.

	   Default: False

       session.ignoreBorder: boolean
	   This configures the ability to move windows by dragging the border.

	   Default: False

       session.tabPadding: integer
	   This specifies the spacing between tabs.

	   Default: 0

       session.tabsAttachArea: Window|Titlebar
	   With this set to ‘Window’, windows may be grouped by dragging one
	   tab with the middle mouse button and dropping it anywhere on
	   another window. With ‘Titlebar’, the user must drop the tab on the
	   target window’s titlebar.

	   Default: Window

       session.titlebar.{left|right}: buttons
	   The buttons or icons to place in the titlebar of decorated windows.
	   You may specify any number, space-delimited.

	   The available options are:

	       Close Maximize MenuIcon Minimize Shade Stick LHalf RHalf

	   Default left: Stick

	   Default right: Shade Minimize Maximize Close

	   LHalf and RHalf are buttons to quickly place a window into the left
	   and right half of the current monitor.

       All of the location resources following require a pathname to their
       specific files. This is where you can specify different files. Most of
       the defaults will be located in the user’s ~/.fluxbox directory.

       session.appsFile: location
	   Location of persistent application settings, or the ‘apps’ file.
	   See the Remember...	item in the Window Menu section above or
	   fluxbox-apps(5) for details.

       session.groupFile: location
	   Deprecated, auto-grouping is now done in the ‘apps’ file, see
	   fluxbox-apps(5) for details.

       session.keyFile: location
	   Location of the keyboard mapping settings, or the ‘keys’ file. See
	   fluxbox-keys(5) for details.

       session.menuFile: location
	   Location of the Root Menu file. See fluxbox-menu(5) for details.

       session.slitlistFile: location
	   Location of the file used to remember slit client ordering. See
	   SLIT above for details.

       session.styleFile: location
	   Location of the currently selected style. See fluxbox-style(5) for
	   details.

       session.styleOverlay: location
	   Location of the style overlay file. See fluxbox-style(5) for
	   details.

       session.screen0.windowMenu: location
	   This optionally specifies the location of a user-defined window
	   menu. If left blank, it will use ~/.fluxbox/windowmenu.

	   Default: blank

ENVIRONMENT
       HOME
	   fluxbox uses $HOME to find the .fluxbox/init file and to resolve
	   style file and -directory names.

       DISPLAY
	   When no other display was given on the command line, fluxbox will
	   start on the display specified by this variable.

       fluxbox can also take advantage of other environment variables if they
       are set before fluxbox is started. For example, if $TERM is set, then
       it will be available whenever fluxbox uses the shell, such as the
       ‘keys’ file ExecCommand or the root menu’s [exec] tag. See
       fluxbox-keys(5) and fluxbox-menu(5) for details.

       The ‘keys’ file also provides two commands that can alter the current
       environment of fluxbox: SetEnv and Export. Any changes made by these
       commands will also affect the environment as seen by fluxbox and all
       child processes started after that point. See fluxbox-keys(5) for
       details.

       For more information about environment variables in general, see your
       shell’s manual.

SIGNALS
       fluxbox responds to the following signals:

       ·   SIGHUP fluxbox loads the configuration.

       ·   SIGUSR1 Forces reloading of configuration.

       ·   SIGUSR2 Forces reloading of menu file.

AUTHORS
       fluxbox is written and maintained by Henrik Kinnunen <fluxgen at
       fluxbox org>, Simon Bowden <rathnor at fluxbox org>, Mathias Gumz
       <akira at fluxbox org>, and Mark Tiefenbruck <mark at fluxbox org>,
       with contributions and patches merged from many individuals around the
       world.

       Blackbox was written and maintained by Brad Hughes <blackbox at alug
       org> and Jeff Raven <jraven at psu edu>.

       This manpage is the combined work of:

       ·   Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay com> (>fluxbox-1.0.0)

       ·   Curt Micol <asenchi at asenchi com> (>fluxbox-0.9.11)

       ·   Tobias Klausmann <klausman at users sourceforge net>
	   (⟨fluxbox-0.9.11)

       ·   Grubert <grubert at users sourceforge net> (fluxbox)

       ·   Matthew Hawkins <matt at mh dropbear id au> (blackbox)

       ·   Wilbert Berendsen <wbsoft at xs4all nl> (blackbox)

       ·   Numerous other languages could be available if someone jumps in.

ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
       The Official fluxbox website: http://www.fluxbox.org

       The Official fluxbox wiki: http://www.fluxbox-wiki.org

       Many compatible themes: http://tenr.de

BUGS
       If you find any bugs, please visit the #fluxbox irc channel on
       irc.freenode.net or submit them to the bug tracker at
       http://sf.net/projects/fluxbox . Or you may subscribe to one of the
       mailinglists. More information can be found on the official website.

SEE ALSO
       fluxbox-apps(5) fluxbox-keys(5) fluxbox-style(5) fluxbox-menu(5)
       fluxbox-remote(1) fbsetroot(1) fbsetbg(1) fbrun(1) startfluxbox(1)

AUTHOR
       Henrik Kinnunen <fluxgen@fluxbox.org>
	   Author.

fluxbox.txt		       13 February 2013			    FLUXBOX(1)
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