fbdesk(1) WM Utils fbdesk(1)
NAME
fbdesk - Icons on the desktop
SYNOPSIS
fbdesk [option]
OPTIONS
-display DISPLAY
Connect to display.
-na Do not use antialias features.
-rc RESOURCE FILE
Default configuration file to read is ~/.fluxbox/init
Print available options.
-v Print the version number.
DESCRIPTION
Fbdesk is a fluxbox-util application that creates and manage icons on your Fluxbox desktop. Features implemented include:
- Transparent text and icon
- xpm, png, jpg, jfi, jfif, pnm, ppm, pgm, pbm, pam, tga, gif and bmp image loading
- Antialias text
- UTF-8 and multibyte support
- Vertical text
- Grid Snapping
- GUI for editing command/label and add/remove icons
- Fluxbox menu style
ENVIRONMENT
None.
FILES
The defaul configuration file is ~/.fluxbox/init whose entries:
fbdesk.iconFile: filename to icon file (default: ~/.fluxbox/fbdesk.icons)
fbdesk.font: icon font name (default: fixed)
fbdesk.textColor: color for icon text (default: black)
fbdesk.textBackground: color (default: white)
fbdesk.snapX: x snap size (default: 5)
fbdesk.snapY: y snap size (default: 5)
fbdesk.doubleClickInterval: time interval between clicks for a double click (default: 200)
fbdesk.textPlacement: placement for text around icon image (default: Bottom)
fbdesk.lockPositions: bool (default: false)
# Possible values for text placement: Left, Right, Top and Bottom
session.styleFile: style file for menu (default: none) this one is read from ~/.fluxbox/init
The Icon file format is:
# this is a comment
# Start of one icon entry
[Deskop Entry]
Icon=the image filename
Name=the icon label
Exec=what it executes
Pos= 123 456 # position of the icon
[end]
# end of one icon entry
An example of iconfile:
[Desktop Entry]
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-home.png
Name=aterm
Exec=aterm
Pos= 100 100
[end]
SEE ALSO
dfm(1) rox-files(1) xtdesk(1)
Homepage http://fluxbox.sourceforge.net/fbdesk/
AUTHORS
Program author Henrik Kinnunen <fluxgen@users.sourceforge.net>
This manual page was written by Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net> for the Debian GNU system (but may be used by others). Released under GPL
v2 or any later version.
fbdesk 2012-03-09 fbdesk(1)