blackbox(1) General Commands Manual blackbox(1) (NAME) blackbox - X11 (SYNOPSIS) blackbox -help | -version blackbox [ -rc rcfile ] [ -display display ] (DESCRIPTION) (Blackbox) X (Open Group) . . NeXT Windowmaker . (root window / ) . (Workspaces) (toolbar) . (title bar) . . <<>> (styles) (pixmaps) . (key bindings) . bbkeys . ( / paging) bbpager . bbkeys bbpager bbtools : http://bbtools.thelinuxcommunity.org (slit) (dock apps Windowmaker) . gkrellm . ( ) . http://www.bensinclair.com/dockapp http://dockapps.org (OPTIONS) : -help . -version . -rc rcfile (resource file) . -display display (display) DISPLAY . (STARTING BLACKBOX) "blackbox" ( ) ~/.xinitrc ~/.xsession . X (X Server) . xterm X . ~/.blackboxrc session.menuFile . /usr/share/blackbox/menu . xterm (restart) . ~/.blackboxrc << >> . ~/.blackboxrc . : ~/.blackboxrc "restart" . (Restart) ~/.blackboxrc . "exit" ( ) (gently) (kill) X Ctrl+Alt+BackSpace . (USING BLACKBOX) (root window / ) : ( ) () () . (Main Menu) X . 'menu' . () . bbconf . . : (shell script) . #!/bin/bash chmod 755 . (Workspace Menu) . . . . . . . bbpager . bbkeys . : "Edit current workspace name" Enter . .blackboxrc << >> . (The Slit) "dockapps" . dockapps . . -w <<>> (withdrawn) . gkrellm dockapp . . () . Always on top ( ) Auto hide ( ) . . : Dockapps (race condition) dockapps (fork) . dockapp sleep 2; . dockapp . : #!/bin/bash speyes -w & sleep 2 gkrellm -w & sleep 2 (The Toolbar) . . << >> . . (auto hide) / (always on top) . : . . . (Window Decorations) . : . + . : (iconify) (maximize) (close). . () () . . . . (shade). Alt + . ( ) (lower). . () . . Alt + . : Send To ... ( ...) () . ( ) . Shade ( / ) . Iconify ( / ) . . Maximize () . Raise ( ) . Lower ( ) . Stick () . Kill Client ( ) -SIGKILL (-9) . . Close () . (STYLES) . (style files) . /usr/share/blackbox/styles . . . : http://blackbox.themes.org ~/.blackbox/ tar . : tar zxvf stylename.tar.gz : gunzip stylename.tar.gz && tar xvf stylename.tar . . . rootCommand . : . Blackbox 0.51 . 0.51 . . (tarball) . ~/.blackbox/Backgrounds ~/.blackbox/Styles . [stylemenu] (~/.blackbox/Styles) . . . rootCommand . rootCommand . bsetbg . bsetbg . : . bsetroot . : 640x480 . . . . . X . . bsetbg . bsetbg . . bsetbg (1) . . ~/.blackbox/backgrounds . ~/.blackbox/styles . ~/.blackbox/about/STYLE_NAME/ . README . . . . . . : NEW_STYLE : backgrounds styles about/NEW_STYLE . : tar cvzf NEW_STYLE.tar.gz * gzip tar . Blackbox . (STYLE FILE SYNTAX AND DETAILS) bbconf . bbconf . . readme . (MENU FILE) /usr/share/blackbox/menu . . . ~/.blackboxrc : session.menuFile: ~/.blackbox/menu . . . : [command] (label|filename) {shell command|filename} : # string... ( ) . . [begin] (string) . "string" . [end] (submenu) . [exec] (label string) {command string} . . [nop] (label string) . label string . [submenu] (submenu name) {title string} submenu name title string . [include] (filename) filename . filename begin/end . . [stylesdir] (description) (path) path . . [stylesmenu] (description) {path} description path . stylesmenu . [workspaces] (description) . description . [config] (label) (dithering) . [reconfig] (label) {shell command} reconfig . ~/.blackboxrc (restart) . shell command . . [restart] (label) {shell command} . shell command . . ( ) . [exit] (label) . ~/.xinitrc X . : [begin] (MenuName) [exec] (xterm) {xterm -ls -bg black -fg green} [submenu] (X utilities) [exec] (xcalc) {xcalc} [end] [submenu] (styles) [stylesmenu] (built-in styles) {/usr/share/blackbox/styles} [stylesmenu] (custom styles) {~/.blackbox/styles} [end] [workspaces] (workspace list) [config] (configure) [reconfig] (config play desktop) {play-config-blackbox} [reconfig] (config work desktop) {work-config-blackbox} [restart] (start Blackbox beta 7) {blackbox-beta7} [restart] (start Blackbox cvs) {blackbox-cvs} [restart] (restart) [exit] (exit) [end] (RESOURCE FILE) $HOME/.blackboxrc ~/.blackboxrc . . .blackboxrc . : . "restart" . . screen . (screen) . 0 () . ( ): ( ) . session.screen.slit.placement . slit.placement slit.direction TopCenter (Vertical) . ... CenterLeft . [ TopLeft | TopCenter | TopRight | CenterLeft | | CenterRight | BottomLeft | BottomCenter | BottomRight ] session.screen.slit.direction [Horizontal|Vertical] . Vertical . session.screen.slit.onTop [True|False] . True . session.screen.slit.autoHide [True|False] . session.autoRaiseDelay . False . ( ): session.screen.focusModel (Sloppy focus / ) X AutoRaise Click-Raise . AutoRaise session.autoRaiseDelay . ClickRaise . Sloppy focus . ClickToFocus . ClickToFocus AutoRaise ClickRaise . SloppyFocus . [SloppyFocus [[AutoRaise & ClickRaise] | [AutoRaise | ClickRaise]] | ClickToFocus] session.screen.windowPlacement RowSmartPlacement . session.screen.rowPlacementDirection . ColSmartPlacement . session.screen.colPlacementDirection . CascadePlacement . RowSmartPlacement . [RowSmartPlacement | ColSmartPlacement | CascadePlacement] session.screen.rowPlacementDirection [LeftToRight|RightToLeft] . LeftToRight . session.screen.colPlacementDirection [TopToBottom|BottomToTop] . TopToBottom . session.imageDither [True|False] (low color modes) . (Image Dithering) . False . session.opaqueMove [True|False] . False . False . session.screen.fullMaximization [True|False] . False . session.screen.focusNewWindows [True|False] . False . session.screen.focusLastWindow [True|False] : << .>> False . session.screen.disableBindingsWithScrollLock [True|False] Scroll Lock Alt Ctrl . . ** __ bbkeys . bbkeys . bbkeys . False . ( ): ( ) ( ) . session.screen.workspaces [ ] "New Workspace" "Remove Last" . . 1 . ( ): session.screen.workspaceNames [string[, string...]] . . "Workspace []" . Workspace 1 . session.screen.toolbar.placement . BottomCenter . [ TopLeft | TopCenter | TopRight | BottomLeft | BottomCenter | BottomRight ] session.screen.toolbar.onTop [True|False] . True . session.screen.toolbar.autoHide [True|False] . session.autoRaiseDelay . False . ~/.blackboxrc : session.screen.toolbar.widthPercent [1-100] . . () . (patch) . 66 . session.screen.strftimeFormat [] C . %I:%M %p am/pm (locale) . %H:%M %I:%M %p // %m/%d/%y // %d/%m/%y : am/pm . strftime 3 . session.screen.dateFormat [American|European] : strftime() . American (//) . session.screen.clockFormat [12/24] : strftime() . . session.screen.edgeSnapThreshold [ ] (edge snap) . . . . . 0 . session.menuFile [ ] . /usr/share/blackbox/menu . session.colorsPerChannel [2-6] X (pseudo color). . 4 . session.doubleClickInterval [ ] . ( ) X . 250 . session.autoRaiseDelay [ ] . . 250 . session.cacheLife [ ] X ( ) . 5 . session.cacheMax [ ] X . . 200 . (ENVIRONMENT) HOME $HOME .blackboxrc .blackbox . DISPLAY $DISPLAY . (FILES) blackbox ~/.blackboxrc /usr/share/blackbox/menu (WEB SITES) : http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.net : http://sourceforge.net/projects/blackboxwm (BUGS) () "Bugs" . . . "Submit New" . (AUTHORS AND HISTORY) Sean Shaleh Perry . Brad Hughes . . Jeff Raven TrollTech 0.61.x . : R.B. Brig Young . . (SEE ALSO) bsetbg(1), bsetroot(1), bbkeys(1), bbconf(1) 0.65.0 September 18, 2002 blackbox(1)