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Right, I prefer a panel. But the main advantage of Fluxbox it's easier (at least for me) to make shortcuts etc.nathan wrote:Once main difference is that OpenBox doesn't have any kind of panel/task bar. Fluxbox does.
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), blackbox was (and maybe still is) essentially abandoned and not being developed. Not surprising since its meant to be a lean mean windows manager, can't really continue to bloat it up. I think it is being worked on again but you'll have to google that for yourself )
Fluxbox is very user friendly! Code: Select all
# click on the desktop to get menus
OnDesktop Mouse1 :HideMenus
OnDesktop Mouse2 :WorkspaceMenu
OnDesktop Mouse3 :RootMenu
# scroll on the desktop to change workspaces
OnDesktop Mouse4 :PrevWorkspace
OnDesktop Mouse5 :NextWorkspace
# scroll on the toolbar to change workspaces
OnToolbar Mouse4 :PrevWorkspace
OnToolbar Mouse5 :NextWorkspace
# alt + left/right click to move/resize a window
OnWindow Mod1 Mouse1 :MacroCmd {Raise} {Focus} {StartMoving}
OnWindow Mod1 Mouse3 :MacroCmd {Raise} {Focus} {StartResizing NearestCorner}
# middle click a window's titlebar and drag to attach windows
OnTitlebar Mouse2 :StartTabbing
# double click on the titlebar to shade
OnTitlebar Double Mouse1 :Shade
# right click on the titlebar for a menu of options
OnTitlebar Mouse3 :WindowMenu
# alt-tab
Mod1 Tab :NextWindow {groups}
Mod1 Shift Tab :PrevWindow {groups}
# cycle through tabs in the current window
Mod4 Tab :NextTab
Mod4 Shift Tab :PrevTab
# go to a specific tab in the current window
Mod4 F1 :Tab 1
Mod4 F2 :Tab 2
Mod4 F3 :Tab 3
Mod4 F4 :Tab 4
Mod4 F5 :Tab 5
Mod4 F6 :Tab 6
Mod4 F7 :Tab 7
Mod4 F8 :Tab 8
Mod4 F9 :Tab 9
# open a terminal
Mod4 Shift x :Exec xterm
Mod4 Shift t :Exec konsole
# open a dialog to run programs
Mod1 F2 :Exec fbrun
# volume settings, using common keycodes
# if these don't work, use xev to find out your real keycodes
176 :Exec amixer sset Master,0 1+
174 :Exec amixer sset Master,0 1-
160 :Exec amixer sset Master,0 toggle
# current window commands
Mod4 Shift c :Close
Mod4 Shift z :KillWindow
Mod4 Shift a :CloseAllWindows
#move windows
Mod4 Shift j :MoveLeft 10
Mod4 Shift l :MoveRight 10
Mod4 Shift m :MoveDown 10
Mod4 Shift i :MoveUp 10
Mod1 F9 :Minimize
Mod1 F10 :Maximize
Mod1 F11 :Fullscreen
# open the window menu
Mod1 space :WindowMenu
# exit fluxbox
Mod4 Shift q :Exit
Mod4 Shift r :Reconfigure
Mod4 Shift s :Restart
#Control Mod1 Delete :Exit
#showdesktop
Mod4 Shift d :ShowDesktop
#cpuscaling on performance
Mod4 Shift p :Exec xterm -e sudo cpufreq-set -g performance
Mod4 Shift o :Exec xterm -e sudo cpufreq-set -g ondemand
# change to a specific workspace
Mod4 1 :Workspace 1
Mod4 2 :Workspace 2
Mod4 3 :Workspace 3
Mod4 4 :Workspace 4
Mod4 5 :Workspace 5
Mod4 6 :Workspace 6
Mod4 7 :Workspace 7
Mod4 8 :Workspace 8
Mod4 9 :Workspace 9
Mod4 10 :Workspace 10
Mod4 11 :Workspace 11
Mod4 12 :Workspace 12
# send the current window to a specific workspace
Mod4 Shift 1 :SendToWorkspace 1
Mod4 Shift 2 :SendToWorkspace 2
Mod4 Shift 3 :SendToWorkspace 3
Mod4 Shift 4 :SendToWorkspace 4
Mod4 Shift 5 :SendToWorkspace 5
Mod4 Shift 6 :SendToWorkspace 6
Mod4 Shift 7 :SendToWorkspace 7
Mod4 Shift 8 :SendToWorkspace 8
Mod4 Shift 9 :SendToWorkspace 9
Mod4 Shift 10 :SendToWorkspace 10
Mod4 Shift 11 :SendToWorkspace 11
Mod4 Shift 12 :SendToWorkspace 12
# send the current window and change to a specific workspace
#Control Mod4 F1 :TakeToWorkspace 1
#Control Mod4 F2 :TakeToWorkspace 2
#Control Mod4 F3 :TakeToWorkspace 3
#Control Mod4 F4 :TakeToWorkspace 4
#Control Mod4 F5 :TakeToWorkspace 5
#Control Mod4 F6 :TakeToWorkspace 6
#Control Mod4 F7 :TakeToWorkspace 7
#Control Mod4 F8 :TakeToWorkspace 8
#Control Mod4 F9 :TakeToWorkspace 9
#Control Mod4 F10 :TakeToWorkspace 10
#Control Mod4 F11 :TakeToWorkspace 11
#Control Mod4 F12 :TakeToWorkspace 12
Control Mod4 1 :TakeToWorkspace 1
Control Mod4 2 :TakeToWorkspace 2
Control Mod4 3 :TakeToWorkspace 3
Control Mod4 4 :TakeToWorkspace 4
Control Mod4 5 :TakeToWorkspace 5
Control Mod4 6 :TakeToWorkspace 6
Control Mod4 7 :TakeToWorkspace 7
Control Mod4 8 :TakeToWorkspace 8
Control Mod4 9 :TakeToWorkspace 9
Control Mod4 10 :TakeToWorkspace 10
Control Mod4 11 :TakeToWorkspace 11
Control Mod4 12 :TakeToWorkspace 12
#start system applications
#Mod4 p :Exec 0dmenu
Mod4 p :ExecCommand `dmenu_path | dmenu` && eval “exec $exe”
Mod1 t :Exec thunar
#Mod1 s :Exec konsole
#start audio apps
Mod4 q :Exec qjackctl
Mod4 a :Exec ardour2
Mod4 h :Exec hydrogen
Mod4 c :Exec patchage
#Mod4 m :Exec 0a2jmidid
Mod4 m :ExecCommand a2jmidid -e
#Mod4 u :Exec thun
#start desktop apps
Mod4 k :Exec konversation
Mod4 t :Exec icedove
Mod4 f :Exec iceweasel
Mod4 w :Exec kwrite
Mod4 d :Exec dolphin
Mod4 n :Exec wicd-client
#kill
Mod4 Shift u :ExecCommand killall jackd
#open terminal + commands
Mod4 Shift w :Exec xterm -hold -e wmctrl -l &
#Mod4 Shift j :Exec xterm -hold -e jackd -d firewire
#Mod4 Shift k :Exec xterm -hold -e jackd -d firewire -p 128
#Mod4 Shift l :Exec xterm -hold -e jackd -d firewire -p 64