iLiad Windowmanager Fluxbox

[Lazycat]

Oh...just get it installed.

It's lovely. Thanks a lot!

[nkelle]

Hi yokos,
fundamental a very good idea, unfortunately the Stylus functions at my Iliad according to recognition within the contentlister start of fluxbox no more (within fluxbox presumably); and ipdf (Maximize) icon fashion falls during the change into that one.
But for the first try is the good one screen.

Best Regards

nkelle

[wallcraft]

The contentlist does not behave well under fluxbox. For example, the arrow keys don't move the selector bar consistently and there is a lot of double flashing of parts of the window. I think part of the problem is that the contentlister assumes it has the entire screen, but now it has window decorations. I looked into borderless windows, which I think would help the contentlister. The basic approach is to create a .fluxbox/apps file containing something like:

[app] (class=contentlister)
  [Deco]      {NONE}
[end]

However, the class is supposed to be its WM_CLASS and "contentlister" isn't right.

Another thing that is strange is that FBReader shows up as "sh", which I think is because it is started by a shell script.

[daudi]

Fluxbox FAQ:

3. How do I know window class name to use it inside apps file?

Run this command and click on the window:
xprop |awk '/WM_CLASS/{print $3 $4 $5}'
to get window class name.

I don't have my iliad handy so I don't know if we have access to xprop on the iliad to find this out.

[Lazycat]

Thanks again for the hard work!

I also tried the program, but after running the program, the scribble feature does not function well, and I can open two windows (contentlister and 1 program) only...

[yokos]

Originally Posted by wallcraft

Another thing that is strange is that FBReader shows up as "sh", which I think is because it is started by a shell script.

This is needed for getting support of iLiad's hardware buttons. It's a have-to for the machtbox wm.

Originally Posted by wallcraft

[app] (class=contentlister)
  [Deco]      {NONE}
[end]

However, the class is supposed to be its WM_CLASS and "contentlister" isn't right.

Is this working?

[app] (title=contentlister 0.212)
  [Deco]      {NONE}
[end]

http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Editing_the_apps_file
I will get my iLiad back in the afternoon today [CET]. Lending your iLiad is not a great idea. You will miss it every second.

EDIT: The Code above is working. Copy the attached file to the dir _local/home/.fluxbox/ on your memory card. Rename apps.txt to apps.
When you edit this file, please keep in mind to use UNIX encoding.

[yokos]

Yes, this usage of hacked libX11 is stupid.
I have deactivated it by changing the line in _local/bin/startfluxbox from

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/private/lib

to

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib

All native iLiad apps should get a nondecorative treatment [-> no titlebar].
_local/home/.fluxbox/apps:

  [app] (title=contentlister 0.212)
          [Deco]      {NONE}
  [end]
  [app] (title=ersetup 0.212)
          [Deco]      {NONE}
  [end]
  [app] (title=ipdf 0.212)
          [Deco]      {NONE}
  [end]
  [app] (title=ecdc 0.212)
          [Deco]      {NONE}
  [end]
  [app] (title=scribble)
          [Deco]      {NONE}
  [end]

Without it you get problems with scribbling, because of coordinates mismatch [(x,y) of stylus on digitizer != (x,y) of stylus inside ipdf/scribble window]

Another problem: if you maximize a window, the bottom of the window will be hidden behind toolbar/pagebar.

[Gogolo]

Hi

Is there any progress with fluxbox? I'd love to take notes while having several pdfs open. But taking notes is impossible slow and weird with fluxbox.

I dont understand the code in this threat... is there a update for fluxbox?

Is there a chance that running multiple windows flawless is possible?

Thanks
Gogolo

[artur]

How to use fluxbox? From the command line? From the ContentLister?
How to operate?
How I open new programs?