blackbox configurating

[pidsley]

Bacon inspired me to start a blackbox config topic.

Here is something simple. Blackbox likes to use its own style background colors, so when you change the style, you get a new background. To override this and use your ~/.fehbg, just add this to ~/.blackboxrc:

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rootBackground: sh ~/.fehbg

Now you get your feh background in any style.

[machinebacon]

Thanks pidsley!

Here's a quite full-feat menu to be placed in .blackbox/menu

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 [begin] ( L i n u x B B Q )
         [exec] (term) {x-terminal-emulator}
         [nop] ()
         [submenu] (shells) {shells}
		 [exec] (screen) {x-terminal-emulator -e screen}
		 [exec] (tmux) {x-terminal-emulator -e tmux}
         [nop] ()
                 [exec] (csh) {x-terminal-emulator -e csh}
		 [exec] (dash) {x-terminal-emulator -e dash}
		 [exec] (dsh) {x-terminal-emulator -e dsh}
		 [exec] (git-sh) {x-terminal-emulator -e git-sh}
                 [exec] (fish) {x-terminal-emulator -e fish}
                 [exec] (fizsh) {x-terminal-emulator -e fizsh}
                 [exec] (ksh) {x-terminal-emulator -e ksh}
                 [exec] (sash) {x-terminal-emulator -e sash}
                 [exec] (yash) {x-terminal-emulator -e yash}
                 [exec] (zsh) {x-terminal-emulator -e zsh}
         [nop] ()
		 [exec] (change terminal colors) {x-terminal-emulator -e dkeger}
		 [exec] (refresh ~/.Xresources) {xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources}
	 	 [exec] (change default shell) {x-terminal-emulator -e chsh}
	 [end]
         [submenu] (audio) {}
                 [exec] (alsamixer) {x-terminal-emulator -e alsamixer}
                 [exec] (bbqradio) {x-terminal-emulator -e bbqownradio}
                 [exec] (mocp) {x-terminal-emulator -e mocp -T transparent_background}
                 [exec] (mps) {x-terminal-emulator -e mps}
                 [exec] (raffles) {x-terminal-emulator -e raffles}
                 [exec] (tinyradio) {x-terminal-emulator -e tinyradio}
         [end]
         [submenu] (internet) {}
                 [exec] (links2) {x-terminal-emulator -e links2 http://startpage.com}
                 [exec] (w3m) {x-terminal-emulator -e links2 http://startpage.com}
                 [exec] (configure network) {x-terminal-emulator -e sudo ceni}
                 [exec] (irssi) {x-terminal-emulator -e irssi}
         [end]
         [submenu] (office apps) {}
                 [exec] (calculator) {xcalc}
                 [exec] (notebook) {x-terminal-emulator -e hnb}
                 [exec] (PDF viewer) {xpdf}
                 [exec] (spreadsheet) {x-terminal-emulator -e sc}
                 [exec] (tina) {x-terminal-emulator -e tina}
                 [exec] (wordgrinder) {x-terminal-emulator -e wordgrinder}
                 [exec] (wyrd) {x-terminal-emulator -e wyrd}
         [end]
	 [submenu] (screen) {}
		 [exec] (recordmydesktop) {x-terminal-emulator -e recordmydesktop}
                 [exec] (scrot) {scrotnow}
                 [exec] (scrot selection) {scrotsel}
	 [end]
         [submenu] (system) {}
                 [exec] (mc) {x-terminal-emulator -e mc}
                 [exec] (ranger) {x-terminal-emulator -e ranger}
                 [exec] (htop) {x-terminal-emulator -e htop}
                 [exec] (env info) {x-terminal-emulator -e env-info}
                 [exec] (frenchmaid) {x-terminal-emulator -e frenchmaid}
                 [exec] (install kernels) {x-terminal-emulator -e get-kernel}
                 [exec] (create snapshot) {x-terminal-emulator -e bbqsnapshot}
		 [exec] (monitor start) {xosview}
                 [exec] (monitor stop) {killall xosview}
         [end]
         [submenu] (configuration) {}
         [config] (blackbox settings)
                 [exec] (edit ~/.blackboxrc) {x-terminal-emulator -e nano ~/.blackboxrc}
                 [exec] (edit ~/.blackbox/menu) {x-terminal-emulator -e nano ~/.blackbox/menu}
                 [exec] (edit ~/.xinitrc) {x-terminal-emulator -e nano ~/.xinitrc}
                 [exec] (edit ~/.xbindkeysrc) {x-terminal-emulator -e nano ~/.xbindkeysrc
                 [exec] (edit ~/.Xresources) {x-terminal-emulator -e nano ~/.Xresources}
         [end]
         [nop] ()
         [reconfig] (reconfigure)
         [restart] (restart) {}
         [exit] (exit)
 [end]

[simgin]

Thanks for making a thread for Blackbox. I'm downloading it right now, and can't wait to use it as my new learning platform, Shells and all. Something tells me that this will be a keeper ! Good work.

simon