startfluxbox(1) [debian man page]

STARTFLUXBOX(1) 						  Fluxbox Manual						   STARTFLUXBOX(1)

NAME

       startfluxbox - start a fluxbox session

SYNOPSIS

       startfluxbox

DESCRIPTION

       startfluxbox is a script which runs the file ~/.fluxbox/startup If it doesn't exist it will be generated.

       startfluxbox should be started from your ~/.xinitrc if you use startx, or ~/.xsession if you run a display manager, like xdm.

FILES

       ~/.fluxbox/startup
	   This file contains all commands that should be executed before fluxbox is started. The initial file contains helpful comments for
	   beginners. It also starts fluxbox.

EXAMPLES

       The default ~/.fluxbox/startup is as follows:

	   #!/bin/sh
	   #
	   # fluxbox startup-script:
	   #
	   # Lines starting with a '#' are ignored.

	   # Change your keymap:
	   xmodmap "$HOME/.Xmodmap"

	   # Applications you want to run with fluxbox.
	   # MAKE SURE THAT APPS THAT KEEP RUNNING HAVE AN ''&'' AT THE END.
	   #
	   # unclutter -idle 2 &
	   # wmnd &
	   # wmsmixer -w &
	   # idesk &

	   # And last but not least we start fluxbox.
	   # Because it is the last app you have to run it with ''exec'' before it.

	   exec fluxbox
	   # or if you want to keep a log:
	   # exec fluxbox -log "$fluxdir/log"

       If you need to start applications after fluxbox, you can change the exec fluxbox line above to something like this:

	   exec fluxbox &
	   fbpid=$!

	   sleep 1
	   {
		   xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg white -bg black &
		   ipager &
		   gkrellm2 &
	   } &

	   wait $fbpid

       So xsetroot, ipager, and gkrellm2 will all be started after fluxbox, after giving fluxbox 1 second to startup.

       For more details on what else you can do in this script, see sh(1), or the documentation for your shell.

AUTHORS

       The author of startfluxbox(1) is Han Boetes <han at fluxbox.org>

       This manpage was converted to asciidoc format by Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay.com> for fluxbox-1.1.2

SEE ALSO

       fluxbox(1)

AUTHOR

       Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>
	   Author.

startfluxbox.txt						  28 October 2011						   STARTFLUXBOX(1)

FBRUN(1)							  Fluxbox Manual							  FBRUN(1)

NAME

       fbrun - display run dialog window

SYNOPSIS

       fbrun [options]

DESCRIPTION

       fbrun(1) is basically equivalent to the "Run..." dialog in other desktop environments. This means that it is an easy way to start a program
       that isn't contained in the menu (or needs a special set of parameters for this particular invocation).

       Pressing "Enter" will close the window and execute the command in your present $SHELL. Pressing "Esc" will close the window and does not
       execute anything.

       Another way fbrun can be useful is to be called from the menu with a preloaded command line that you can edit and then execute. An example
       might be sshing to a very long host name with lots of options of which one changes all the time. In this case, you could add an entry for
       fbrun to your menu that contains all the options and the host name. When you use said entry, you could edit the line as necessary and
       execute it.

OPTIONS

       -title title
	   Set title

       -text text
	   Text input

       -w width
	   Window width in pixels

       -h height
	   Window height in pixels

       -display display
	   Display name, defaults to $DISPLAY

       -pos x y
	   Window position in pixels

       -nearmouse
	   Position the window under the mouse cursor

       -fg color
	   Foreground text color. The default is black

       -bg color
	   Background color. The default is white

       -font name
	   Text font name

       -na
	   Disable font antialias

       -hf filename
	   History file to load. The default is ~/.fluxbox/fbrun_history.

       -help
	   Show this help

EXAMPLE

	   fbrun -fg black -bg white -text xterm -title "run xterm"

AUTHORS

       This manpage was originally written by Bastian Kleineidam <calvin at debian.org> for the Debian distribution of fluxbox (but may be used by
       others).

       It was then converted to asciidoc format by Jim Ramsay <i.am at jimramsay.com> for fluxbox-1.1.2

SEE ALSO

       fluxbox(1)

AUTHOR

       Jim Ramsay <i.am@jimramsay.com>
	   Author.

fbrun.txt							 18 February 2009							  FBRUN(1)