mxfb-2025 development ideas

[siamhie]

in mxfb-workspace try replace fluxbox Restart with a fluxbox Reconfigure signal:
pkill -SIGUSR2 fluxbox

Why not just stick with Restart?

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*Restart*:::
    Restart the whole darn thing. This starts a completely new fluxbox process,
    rereads files and redraws all graphical elements. Running applications will
    remain open, however, and restored to the same workspaces they were
     previously in once fluxbox returns.

[Melber]

@Jerry3904
How about including some fluxbox themes from users?

@siamhie has been very active lately.
@ceeslans and @kobaian have some good stuff too.

...and maybe we could cull a few of the most awful ones from the list that fluxbox keeps smuggling in.

[Jerry3904]

That's a good idea!

[siamhie]

@Jerry3904
How about including some fluxbox themes from users?

@siamhie has been very active lately.
@ceeslans and @kobaian have some good stuff too.

...and maybe we could cull a few of the most awful ones from the list that fluxbox keeps smuggling in.

Are we talking about the styles provided in the default setup?

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╔═[siamhie@flux23]═[08:08  27/11/24]═════════════════[/usr/share/fluxbox/styles]
╚═> ls
arch          bora_blue    Flux        Operation     Squared_for_Debian
Artwiz        bora_green   green_tea   ostrich       Squared_green
Bity_fluxbox  carp         LemonSpace  Outcomes      Twice
bloe          debian-blue  Makro       qnx-photon    zimek_bisque
BlueFlux      debian-dark  MerleyKay   Results       zimek_darkblue
BlueNight     Doty         Meta        Shade         zimek_green
bora_black    Emerge       Nyz         Squared_blue

[Melber]

Are we talking about the styles provided in the default setup?

yep, that's the assortment of rascals, rogues and scallywags I meant.

[DeepDayze]

Perhaps MX could ship a package (if not already) with some nice MX-inspired styles to match the XFCE and KDE theming as closely as possible.

[siamhie]

Are we talking about the styles provided in the default setup?

yep, that's the assortment of rascals, rogues and scallywags I meant.

@Melber I agree. The only ones I like from the default install are Artwiz, bora_black, debian-dark, green_tea, zimek_green.
The majority of them are black in nature which doesn't always work when coordinating with vibrant wallpapers.

These are my (so far) favorites I've downloaded from the tenr.de web site. http://tenr.de/styles/?i=1 (I downloaded both tarballs)

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blueJess1.3       deepflux     plain_green      tron_green   underwater
bora_olive        hydrocyanic  Qtek-blue        tron_orange
centurion_green   laser_green  saintPatrick     tron_purple
centurion_yellow  modi         tequila_sunrise  tron_red
deepblue          peak_ocean   tron_blue        tron_yellow

I especially love how the tron styles can work with most all wallpapers.




Maybe we could get some input to what other fluxers like from that tenr.de website and change things up for MXFB-25.

[siamhie]

Perhaps MX could ship a package (if not already) with some nice MX-inspired styles to match the XFCE and KDE theming as closely as possible.

@DeepDayze Keep a lookout to see if anyone has started a thread for those desktops. This thread is ideas for the upcoming MX-25 fluxbox desktop.

[Melber]

@DeepDayze Nice idea. We just need to work out which themes are going to be used in mx25 xfce first...

@siamhie
I think DreamDayze means working up some fluxbox styles for mxfb25 to match whatever themes included in mx25 xfce.
Basically a fluxbox style imitating the xfwm4 component of the xfce theme (the part which controls the window title and border.
That's is pretty much what I did when making the mx-comfort fluxbox style, except I couldn't resist fiddling it a bit more.

[siamhie]

@siamhie
I think DreamDayze means working up some fluxbox styles for mxfb25 to match whatever themes included in mx25 xfce.

Ok, thanks for the clarification. I read it the other way round.