Comments on: Spotlight on Fluxbox

By: Marco

Marco — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 11:39:14 +0000

I read this article, while looking for a solution for a consistent tab switching solution. That is, Ctrl-Tab should work as a switch between fluxbox tabs, but it should also work well with Mozilla tabs. There is no obvious solution for this. I need a script that looks something like the following. It should be called as a command in ~/.fluxbox/keys, when pressing Ctrl-Tab.

if [ mozilla is active/on fg ]; then
give control to mozilla
else if [ gaim is active/on fg ]; then
give control to gaim
else
NextTab # fluxbox command
fi

Can anyone point me to the right direction for real commands for “is active” and “give control to”?

By: Gaz

Gaz — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:49:57 +0000

I just upgraded to Fedora Core 4 using the terminal and YUM way of doing it and Gnome is awful! The simple act of right clicking the desktop and clicking Open Terminal will crash it so I got Fluxbox and am very happy with its minimalist looks and its speed. I managed to install a theme, noticed that some screenshots have transparent windows, I later learned that its Aterm that does that and not the theme :-) I have my IM and my file sharing programs conveniently stashed on Fluxbox’s tiny little task bar and its wonderful, everything is just a click away.

I can’t wait to show the Windows users what Fluxbox can do!

By: sean

sean — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 20:34:41 +0000

but I suppose there is such a thing as too minimalist

I thought that for a while. But after getting used to it, I noticed how much more efficiently I worked. But we all have different work patterns.

By: beatniklew

beatniklew — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:52:57 +0000

That shortcut key issue was, in fact, the reason I did not wind up using evilwm for very long; although I did have a stint using pekwm with an evilwm-cloning theme; which basically made it evilwm with configurable keys. It was good, and made even fluxbox feel cluttered, but I suppose there is such a thing as too minimalist.

By: sean

sean — Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:35:27 +0000

You can get more minimal than that. evilwm A 1px border is the only window decoration. Windows are controlled by the keyboard (mostly). It took some time to get used to, but I am loving the environment. Makes me wonder why I ever sat for hours in Windows making things pretty. The only thing I would add to evilwm, is the ability to change shortcut keys. Of course no minimal environment can be without GNU Screen. Inside my screen I have irssi, mutt, aumix, cplay, ... Prior to evilwm I used FluxBox and Gnome.