Other Help Topics :: Put Fluxter in the slit!

Fluxter.

That "little annoying thing" that people always come begging me to make go away.

Has finally found a spot to be useful.

In the slit.

You can see what I'm talking about here.

It's right next to the sound control ap, Wmix.

Doesn't it look cool?

And it doesn't pop up on top of everything.

Want to make your's look like mine?

Here's how.

Open up /home/dsl/.fluxbox/fluxter.bb with an editor. (I use Scite, you can use whatever)

Change the lines in your config to correspond with these.

Code Sample

fluxter.desktop.width: 30
fluxter.desktop.height: 30

fluxter.columns: 2

fluxter.rows: 2

Save it and exit your editor.

Next, head over to /usr/bin/ and use sudo to open "enhance" in an editor.

The 3rd or 4th line should be the one for fluxter. Make it look like this.

Code Sample

system("fluxter -w &");

Not the "killall" line. Don't touch that. Bad things will happen.

Now, left click on the "workspace 1" (or 2 or 3) in the slit and create a new workspace. (workspace 4).

Exit and restart X, and you should have Fluxter, the "Little Annoying Thing", sitting pretty in the slit.

You can still move windows around with it, and switch between desktops with a center click.

The damn thing does have a use!

Wouldn't it be nice if it wan in the slit by default?

-J.P

Hi!
Thanks for the tip. I really like tidy desks. I definitly think you are right, it should be there by default.

Thanks Saidin, makes the desktop that little bit neater. Now just need to put eveything in wmdrawer and itll be a clear desktop (will look nice with changing backgrounds). :cool:

Just as an aside, one of the main uses I find for fluxter is dragging oversized windows around so you can reach a resize handle.
ie., say you boot to 800x600, open up an app, and it pops up sized 1024x768. What to do? Simple, drag it up and to the left with fluxter untill the bottom right corner is in view, and you now have the ability to grab something to resize. Resize it, then drag it back in fluxter so it fits nicely on your desktop!
So fluxter does have at least one handy use...

What to do? Press Mod1 (Alt) and drag the window in question...left mouse moves, right mouse resizes.

I still haven't figured out any real use for a desktop pager =o)

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