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I like Fluxbox, and I *really* love StumpWM. It's all a matter of preference. I suggest you look at screenshots and feature lists and try a few of them, then make up your mind.
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
bbtime
BBTIME(1) General Commands Manual BBTIME(1)
NAME
bbtime - Display the time in a small blackbox style window
SYNOPSIS
bbtime [-display <displayname>] [-config <filename>]
[-spooldir] [-version] [-help] [[-position] | [-pos]] <position>
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the bbtime command.
bbtime displays the time in a small blackbox style window.
OPTIONS
A summary of options are included below.
-d[isplay] <displayname>
X server to connect to
-c[onfig] <filename>
Alternate config file
-bb[config] <filename>
Alternate Blackbox config file
-def[ault]
Fall back on default configuration
-m[ailbox] <filename>
Filename of mailbox
-v[ersion]
Display version number
-h[elp]
Display this help
-p[osition] <position>
Set position of window, <position> = [+]|[-]x[+]|[-]y
-w[withdrawn]
Place bbtool in the Slit
-s[hape]
Don't display groundplate
CONFIGURATION
Blackbox Users:
By default bbtime reads the Blackbox style-file as defined in .blackboxrc and copies as much of the style as possible. The result is an
application which looks a lot like the toolbar. Further configuration options can be found in bbtime.style. Most likely you want to change
these options, copy this file to somewhere in your homedir (eg blackbox/bbtime.config) and edit it. Edit the file .blackboxrc and add or
edit the line: bbtime.configFile: <your config file>.
WARNING: You have to define the entire PATH.
All style options set by reading the Blackbox-style file can be overridden by placing them in bbtime.config (and changing them). See
bbtime.style for all possible options.
Make sure the file .bbtoolsrc does not exist, else the configuration style for other Window Managers will be used.
Users of other Window managers:
By default bbtime reads the bbtoolsrc and bbtime.nobb config files. If you want to define your personal config-file copy bbtoolsrc to your
homedir as ./.bbtoolsrc. Copy bbtime.nobb somewhere in your homedir. Edit .bbtoolsrc and add or edit the line: bbtime.configFile: <your
config file>.
WARNING: You have to define the entire PATH.
Reconfiguration
Press the right mouse-button on the envelope to cause bbtime to re-read its settings.
FILES
bbtime automatically copies the style of the blackbox toolbar. It copies:
toolbar -> bbtime.frame
toolbar.label -> bbtime.label
toolbar.color -> bbtime.frame.color
toolbar.colorTo -> bbtime.frame.colorTo
toolbar.label.color -> bbtime.label.color
toolbar.label.colorTo -> bbtime.label.colorTo
toolbar.textColor -> bbtime.textColor
bevelWidth -> bbtime.bevelWidth
WARNING: if .bbtoolsrc is defined it won't copy the blackbox style.
For the meaning of the different resources see the comments in the config-files.
SEE ALSO
bbdate(1), bbppp(1)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Chris Tillman <tillman@azstarnet.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
December 29 2001 BBTIME(1)