STARTFLUXBOX(1)
NAME
startfluxbox - start a fluxbox session
SYNOPSIS
startfluxbox
DESCRIPTION
startfluxbox is a script which runs the file \~/.fluxbox/startup If it
doesn't exist it will be generated.
startfluxbox should be started from your ~/.xinitrc if you use startx, or \~/.xsession if you run a display manager, like xdm.
FILES
- \~/.fluxbox/startup
- This file contains all commands that should be executed before
fluxbox is started. The initial file contains helpful comments for beginners. It also starts fluxbox.
EXAMPLES
- The default \~/.fluxbox/startup is as follows:
- #!/bin/sh
#
# fluxbox startup-script:
#
# Lines starting with a '#' are ignored. - # Change your keymap:
xmodmap "$HOME/.Xmodmap" - # Applications you want to run with fluxbox.
# MAKE SURE THAT APPS THAT KEEP RUNNING HAVE AN ''&'' AT THE END.
#
# unclutter -idle 2 &
# wmnd &
# wmsmixer -w &
# idesk & - # And last but not least we start fluxbox.
# Because it is the last app you have to run it with ''exec'' before it. - exec fluxbox
# or if you want to keep a log:
# exec fluxbox -log "$fluxdir/log" - If you need to start applications after fluxbox, you can change the
exec fluxbox line above to something like this:
exec fluxbox &
fbpid=$!- sleep 1
{xsetroot -cursor_name left_ptr -fg white -bg black &
ipager &
gkrellm2 & - } &
- wait $fbpid
- So xsetroot, ipager, and gkrellm2 will all be started after fluxbox,
after giving fluxbox 1 second to startup. - For more details on what else you can do in this script, see sh(1p), or the documentation for your shell.
ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
- More extensive documentation for startfluxbox(1) can be found at
- http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/fluxbox/startfluxbox.html
AUTHORS
The author of startfluxbox(1) is Han Boetes <han at fluxbox.org>
This manpage was converted to asciidoc format by Jim Ramsay <i.am at
jimramsay.com> for fluxbox-1.1.2