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#2086
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: November 2013 ScreenShots
November 15, 2013, 03:02:08 AM
@vastone - awesome.

some dwm -

#2087
Media Room / Re: Just listened to
November 15, 2013, 02:45:18 AM
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - In Step

Got to see them live before they were famous - the opening act for the Moody Blues back in the early '80's.
#2088
It is not risky to uninstall wicd and use only ceni; but it would be better to remove it from the startup scripts in case you want to use it later. As long as you use one or the other, not both, you're good.

To get lightdm in French, I think you have to change the LANG environment variable, and the locale (see post below)

from debian wiki - https://wiki.debian.org/ChangeLanguage

Aren't one or two of the linuxBBQ group French? Maybe ask the question on their forum, they may have done exactly what you're trying to accomplish.

Bonne chance!
#2089
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: November 2013 ScreenShots
November 14, 2013, 02:23:32 AM
thanks
#2090
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: November 2013 ScreenShots
November 13, 2013, 09:26:11 PM
nice one jed - where are you getting that wallpaper?

got i3 and some multimedia set up; need to figure out a glitch in the fonts (not shown in this shot)

#2091
Zenity & Yad / Re: Vsido Zenity Collection
November 13, 2013, 02:47:06 AM
yad is a fork of zenity for those that haven't heard of it - I think zenity went a while without a maintainer so someone forked it.

The default SlackBuild installs yad to /usr/bin so a simple -

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/yad /usr/bin/zenity

does the trick.

As far as I know, the two are nearly 100% compatable.
#2092
Zenity & Yad / Re: Vsido Zenity Collection
November 13, 2013, 02:25:36 AM
Just used this to burn the latest vsido iso; just confirming that the script works with yad (on slackware) installed. Just had to make a symlink zenity to yad.
#2093
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: November 2013 ScreenShots
November 13, 2013, 02:16:41 AM
that sort of ram usage something new for chromium?

replaced graphics card and did some distro hopping - we'll see how long this lasts (don't realize how much you like apt until you no longer have it):



#2094
WM Designs and Discussions / Re: FluxBox Slit
November 07, 2013, 05:27:20 PM
That syntax is wrong. You can have -

Mod4 d :Lower
Mod4 Shift d :MacroCmd {Raise} {Focus}


Something like you have will need to be written as a key chain like emacs -

modifiers-1 key-1 modifiers-2 key-2 :'command' [arguments ...]
#2095
Artwork & Screenshots / Re: November 2013 ScreenShots
November 07, 2013, 03:48:53 AM
Fluxbox work in progress -       and  i3

   
#2096
WM Designs and Discussions / Re: FluxBox Slit
November 07, 2013, 03:34:55 AM
Add these (or similar) key bindings to ~/fluxbox/keys -:

Mod1 Shift F6 :Lower
Mod1 Shift F7 :MacroCmd {Raise} {Focus}


You will perform the action on the active - in this case maximized or full screen - window to lower it below lxpanel or raise it above lxpanel. In fluxbox, lxpanel doesn't grab focus so the bindings will not effect it. The MacroCmd runs the two commands in sequence so the window will grab focus after it is raised.

You can change the keys to whatever fits your scheme.

If you prefer a mouse -

OnWindow Mod4 Mouse3 :Lower
OnWindow Mod4 Mouse2 :MacroCmd {Raise} {Focus}
[/code]

Always verify that you're not making double entries in the ~/fluxbox/keys file after you make custom edits; fluxbox will still run but key bindings may get a bit wonky.

Your other option would be to use the native fluxbox toolbar with the "autohide" and "maximize over" configurations. You could configure lxpanel with a menu and launcher (+ systray, clock if those are not part of the fluxbox toolbar) if you still want those items available.
#2097
WM Designs and Discussions / Re: FluxBox Slit
November 06, 2013, 03:28:21 AM
@vastone -

You're welcome

This in the rc.xml - toward the end where the per-app settings are written -

  <application class="lxpanel">
    <desktop>all</desktop>
    <layer>below</layer>
  </application>


should give the same behavior in openbox; I still need to test it on my other computer that has openbox installed. Openbox layers are - above, normal, or below. A setting of normal or below will allow maximized windows to cover lxpanel. Setting also makes lxpanel sticky across all desktops.

May need/want to uncheck the dock and reserved space boxes in the lxpanel configuration; let openbox control the strut policy for the panels.

Edit - This works for openbox; assign per-app settings to lxpanel then un-check the dock and reserved space settings to allow maximized windows to cover lxpanel. The Margins settings in obconf can be used if you want the panel visible - control the strut policy from openbox.
#2098
I've Got a Life / Re: Golfing in the rain...
November 05, 2013, 02:13:29 PM
#2099
WM Designs and Discussions / Re: FluxBox Slit
November 05, 2013, 11:07:37 AM
That is how I interpret it - lxpanel is set either above or below other windows.

Have you checked lxpanel behavior with openbox?
edit - tried with openbox, same behavior.

Tinkering with it last night (see edited post above) it appears that lxpanel resides in Layer 6 or higher with fluxbox and that fluxbox is controlling the strut policy. I actually ran into something similar relating to how fluxbox deals with window assignments (a conky with compton issue). Setting the layer for lxpanel in the apps file appears to get you where you want to go.
#2100
WM Designs and Discussions / Re: FluxBox Slit
November 05, 2013, 04:05:05 AM
lxpanel version 0.6.1 - compiled from source.

actually using debian testing on my laptop as we type; seriously borked my vsido install the other day and haven't reinstalled.

edit - off to bed; best of luck amigo.