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
SEE ALSO
fluxbox(1)