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General Information The Default Menu Tips for Creating a Custom Menu More Fluxbox Information and Links ***** General Information Basic Requirements for the Fluxbox Menu The Fluxbox menu is created from a simple text file. The default menu configuration file is created automatically using the menu package. The menu package is a dependency for fluxbox. If you installed the fluxbox package from the Ubuntu repositories, the menu package was installed automatically when you installed fluxbox. Editing the Fluxbox configuration files The Fluxbox configuration files that you will be editing are located in the directory ~/.fluxbox. If you have another window manager or desktop environment installed on your system (Openbox, IceWM, GNOME, KDE, XFCE, etc.), you can edit all of your Fluxbox configuration files from there, if you prefer. The next time you run Fluxbox you will see the changes you made. If you are running Fluxbox and you edit the menu configuration file (~/.fluxbox/menu), you can see the changes you made by simply right-clicking on the desktop to bring up the menu; there is no need to restart Fluxbox to see the changes. Backups Before you edit a configuration file, it is a good idea to make a backup in case something goes wrong. Example: Code:
cp ~/.fluxbox/menu ~/.fluxbox/menu.backup Fluxconf fluxconf has some nasty bugs, particularly in fluxkeys. My recommendation is to avoid the program altogether and learn to configure Fluxbox by editing the configuration files directly. Testing This tutorial has been tested on the following systems:
***** The Default Menu In your ~/.fluxbox directory, you have a file named menu. It is a text file. The contents of the default menu file look like this: Code:
[begin] (fluxbox) [include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu) [end] If for any reason you need to recreate a default fluxbox menu, simply create a text file with the above three lines and save it as ~/.fluxbox/menu. Steps: 1. Open the menu file using a text editor: Code:
nano -w ~/.fluxbox/menu Code:
[begin] (fluxbox) [include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu) [end] Tips for Creating a Custom Menu Sample file The default menu is a good place to look for ideas. Make a copy of the default menu: Code:
cp /etc/X11/fluxbox/fluxbox-menu ~/.fluxbox/fluxbox-menu_ideas.txt Read the section from the man page that deals with the menu syntax Run (in a terminal): Code:
man fluxbox Look for the section entitled, "MENUS". Press "q" when you have finished reading the man page. Helpful Menu Sections Backgrounds Menu This will create a menu item that lists all of the backgrounds (wallpapers) in the directories you supply. Adjust the paths to suit wherever you store your wallpapers. Code:
[submenu] (Backgrounds) [wallpapers] (/usr/share/backgrounds) [wallpapers] (~/.fluxbox/backgrounds) [wallpapers] (~/misc/wallpapers) [end] Debian Menu Most of the applications on your system can be found in this menu. When you install new programs, the menu is updated automatically to include them. Code:
[submenu] (Debian Menu) </usr/share/pixmaps/debian-logo.png> [include] (/etc/X11/fluxbox/menudefs.hook) [end] desktop-2009-10-31_14:46:15.jpgdesktop-2009-10-31_14:48:04.jpg The Fluxbox Configuration Menu Here is an example: Code:
[submenu] (Fluxbox Menu)
[config] (Configure)
[submenu] (System Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (/usr/share/fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[submenu] (User Styles) {Choose a style...}
[stylesdir] (~/.fluxbox/styles)
[end]
[workspaces] (Workspace List)
[reconfig] (Reload config)
[restart] (Restart)
[exit] (Exit)
[end]
Icons Locations for icon files that you may wish to use in your menu can be found by looking in the sample menu file mentioned above. You can start by looking in the following directories: /usr/share/pixmaps /usr/share/icons A Fluxbox menu with icons: desktop-2009-04-25_21:15:59.png Menu delay/click to open or close submenus (from the man page and the Fluxbox source code Changelog) Quote:
***** More Fluxbox Information and Links The man pages for fluxbox and fluxstyle are definitely worth reading. Code:
man fluxbox Code:
man fluxstyle Main Fluxbox site http://fluxbox.org Fluxbox wiki (This is an excellent reference.) http://fluxbox-wiki.org Credits 1. Fluxbox wiki -- http://fluxbox-wiki.org 2. posts on ubuntuforums.org (especially by yabbadabbadont and kerry_s) 3. the man page for fluxbox 4. the Changelog of the fluxbox source code Recent changes October 31, 2009 Some small additions. Tested on Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10). Works well. June 6, 2009 Some minor changes. April 25, 2009 The default Fluxbox menu on older versions of Ubuntu had several issues. This tutorial contained detailed information about getting the menu to work properly. The default Fluxbox menu on recent versions of Ubuntu works very well and that problem-solving information is no longer necessary. For this reason, I removed it. Last edited by RedSquirrel; 3 Weeks Ago at 08:02 PM.. |
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