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Dock apps in Fluxbox
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:21 am
by educateme
I'm having trouble running docks in Fluxbox. For example, I installed Awn but awn manager just flashed on the screen and disappeared. So I got rid of awn and installed kooldock. But that, too, just flashed on the screen and disappeared.
What do I do?
Re: Dock apps in Fluxbox
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:14 am
by shane
Hi!
I haven't yet tried Fluxbox with AWN and I've never tried kooldock at all... But I think the problem (esp with AWN) is that it requires compositing. Normally it is run with Compiz which itself is a window manager, like Fluxbox. And you can only have one window manager running at a time. So, I think your best bet would be to try running Fluxbox with compositing enabled using xcompmgr... and then trying to run AWN in this setup. I don't know much about kooldock to give you any real advice...
What I do suggest is that you have a look at wbar:
http://code.google.com/p/wbar/
I have never run wbar either... let alone have it configured with Fluxbox... but you could give it a shot. It might work better than the other two.
Re: Dock apps in Fluxbox
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:47 am
by shane
I just tried messing around a bit with wbar... and I've got a decent setup... it is not perfect though.
First, install the wbar .deb package from the link I gave you above.
Second, create a file ~/.fluxbox/apps in your fluxbox folder if it isn't already present
Third, add this to the apps file you just created:
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[app] (name=wbar) (class=wbar)
[Sticky] {yes}
[Layer] {12}
[Deco] {NONE}
[Hidden] {yes}
[end]
Fourth, add this line to your ~/.fluxbox/startup file
Log out and log back in... and ta daa!
Here is my screenshot.
Re: Dock apps in Fluxbox
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:29 pm
by educateme
Works great!
I'd still like to know how to edit the items on the bar, though.
Re: Dock apps in Fluxbox
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:04 pm
by shane
You will have to create a file ~/.wbar
The syntax for the file is as follows:
i: /path/to/icon.ong
c: /usr/bin/command-to-run
t: Title of item
Or you could install wbarconf to get a graphical tool to configure it... I haven't used it but it seems pretty straight forward. Here it is:
http://www.ihku.biz/wbarconf/
Re: Dock apps in Fluxbox
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:24 pm
by meskarune
there is a GUI program called wbarconf
http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/wbarconf that makes it super easy to configure wbar.