startfluxbox − start a fluxbox session
startfluxbox
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.
˜/.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.
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(1), or the documentation for your shell.
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
fluxbox(1)
Jim Ramsay <[email protected]>
Author.