Fluxbox resources

This is a copy of http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?pid=10062#p10062

Go there if you want to click the links

Fluxbox's featurelist: [url]http://fluxbox.org/features/[/url]

Install fluxbox and first setup: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fluxbox[/url]

fluxbox wiki: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Category:English_howtos[/url]

fluxbox FAQ: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Faqs[/url]

Fluxbox forums: [url]http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewforum.php?f=65[/url]/ (thanks Vrkalak)

set up keybindings: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Keyboard_shortcuts[/url]
[url]http://linux.die.net/man/5/fluxbox-keys[/url]
Mouse events can be set up in the keys file.
There isn't something working like obkey; fluxkeys is out of date.

fluxbox styles [url]http://tenr.de/styles/[/url]
change styles tutorial: [url]http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=3812&sid=257e4a52c3c5d2b0fa0d5ae0650333fe[/url]
change styles: [url]http://tenr.de/howto/style_fluxbox/style_fluxbox.html[/url]
Fluxstyle is something like obtheme: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=FluxStyle[/url]

Fluxmenu is what obmenu is for OB: [url]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=15403[/url]

Fluxbox eye candy: menu icons, transparency, rounded and borderless windows: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Eye_candy[/url]

One of the most underestimated - although one of the most powerful features - is the apps-file. With this file it is possible to set application-specific parameters for dimension, decoration, default workspace to open on, stickyness and much more. It will let you manipulate almost every setting for any window or application. The best way to learn about it is to visit the wiki-site for the apps-file:
[url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Howto_edit_the_apps_file[/url]
You also can right click the window title and choose an option from [b]remember[/b].

Howto cusomize the fluxbox toolbar: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Toolbar_customization[/url]

What is this Slit? The Slit is often confused with the toolbar. The slit is a dock for any application that can be 'dockable'. A docked application is anchored and appears on every workspace. It cannot be moved freely and is not influenced by any manipulation to windows. Typical programs that go into the slit are dockapps ( [url]http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/amigolinux/download/DockApps/[/url] ) or gkrellm ( [url]http://members.dslextreme.com/users/billw/gkrellm/gkrellm.html)[/url]. Such applications often have a -w option to run in the slit, but some start automatically in withdrawn mode. Keep in mind: The slit is invisible if nothing is in it! In order to see it, run your dockapp and the slit will show up.

fluxbox pager: [url]http://www.lostinthebox.com/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=35730&sid=257e4a52c3c5d2b0fa0d5ae0650333fe[/url]
ipager for fluxbox: [url]http://useperl.ru/ipager/index.en.html[/url] and [url]https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=5415[/url]

Install fonts: [url]http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Install_fonts[/url]

First impressions on fluxbox

http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php?title=Keyboard_shortcuts
http://linux.die.net/man/5/fluxbox-keys
These are the most important pages for me as I feel totally disabled without the keyboard shortcuts I use from OB.
This is the biggest hurdle for me to translate the keybindings from my rc.xml file to the keys file in /home/user/.fluxbox.
I found an acceptable theme, sorry, style in spatula. After setting that the style option dialog stopped working; to solve this I had to change ~/.fluxbox/styles to /usr/share/fluxbox/styles in the menu file in /home/user/.fluxbox

Interesting the easy tabbing of different applications:
control-click a window's titlebar and drag to attach windows
OnTitlebar Control Mouse1 :StartTabbing
Link about window tabbing:http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/docbook/en/fluxbox-docs.html#CHAP-TABS

I find fluxbox not slower but also not faster than openbox on my system.

I think fluxbox is easier to learn for newbies than openbox.
And definite pro for fluxbox is the right click option on the window header with the remember option where you can easily set window place, position, dimensions, save on close etc, well what you can define in the apps file in /home/user/fluxbox.