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Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:02 pm
by PPC
I made this one available over at the antiX forum:
If you want to read internationa news headlines (with clickable links to the news):
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curl getnews.tech | sed -e '1,2d' | sed 's/getnews.tech/http:\/\/getnews.tech/g'
For more details (and code to a yad GUI script to access news, and how to get local news), you may want to check out the OP over at
https://www.antixforum.com/forums/topic ... nd-applet/
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Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:15 pm
by Jerry3904
So I realized the other day that I always open 3 apps when I log in: browser, email and file manager. It seemed to me that I should automate that to save myself a bunch of keystrokes. After snooping around, I found success by using the apps file.
--file manager(for me thunar), I moved it to W-3 and right-clicked the titlebar > Remember > workspace. That added this in the appropriate stanza in apps:
--email (thunderbird), same thing only putting it in W-2 with result in apps file:
--browser (vivaldi): this browser has swallowed up the titlebar, but by putting it last in the list of the three autostart apps, it automatically gets placed in the remaining empty workspace (I read that somewhere). In startup"
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# start basic apps
thunderbird &
thunar &
vivaldi &
Very cool: I login, wait a second picking my teeth and--voilà! Ready to go:
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 10:14 am
by Jerry3904
I use gkrellm for system info instead of (big loud) conky, but still don't like it interfering with most of my wallpapers (exception posted below with invisible theme not in standard collection). Went through the man gkrellm and found exactly what I wanted:
1) change the launch command to
2) change the location of the "slit" in ~/.fluxbox/init to upper right corner (or anywhere else you like):
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session.screen0.slit.placement: RightTop
Now when I want to see system info I only need to move the cursor to where the slit is.
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This will not work if using the MXFB dock, which itself is located in the slit. If you try to do that, you will end up seeing the dock and gkrellm side-by-side--not a pretty sight!.
Switch to another dock (tint2, plank, etc.) or no dock at all (my preference).
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Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:11 am
by kobaian
Do you know, that there is another trick that helps forcing your Rofi in MX-Fluxbox to act more like a menu form the other DE's?
Just put in your
config.rasi file into the
configuration{} brackets the following lines:
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me-select-entry: "MouseSecondary";
me-accept-entry: "MousePrimary";
hover-select: true;
Now moving mouse over a list item is hovering it, and you can choose and accept the item with the one click.
If you want not only to launch Rofi with your Super-Key but also to abandon it the same way add also this line:
And after that your Rofi behaves exactly like any other Start Menu you know from the other systems and Linux-DE's.
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:53 am
by Jerry3904
Neat idea, thanks!
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:18 am
by ceeslans
Thanks for bringing this feature to our attention.
The 'me-accept-entry' does not work well in rofi-theme-selector - or at least, not on my system. The theme-selector window simply disappears on leftmouse click, so unable to confirm theme change by alt+a keybind. And sofar couldnt find out what 'me-select-entry' rightclick action brings...
The 'hover-select' setting + the usual 'enter' hit remains a sweet and proven combination.
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 8:28 am
by kobaian
ceeslans wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:18 am
Thanks for bringing this feature to our attention.
The 'me-accept-entry' does not work well in rofi-theme-selector - or at least, not on my system. The theme-selector window simply disappears on leftmouse click, so unable to confirm theme change by alt+a keybind. And sofar couldnt find out what 'me-select-entry' rightclick action brings...
Ok. For rofi-theme-selector I just use my keyboard arrows and I don't touch the mouse at all. And probably after MX-Rofi-Manager was published I wouldn't have to use this tool any more at all. And if I even would, It is only a configuration tool, not the main tool, that's why I can tolerate its strange behavior.
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:23 am
by kobaian
ceeslans wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:18 am
The 'hover-select' setting + the usual 'enter' hit remains a sweet and proven combination.
And what about accepting by double-click?
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me-accept-entry: "MouseDPrimary";
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 10:40 am
by ceeslans
kobaian wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:23 am
ceeslans wrote: Mon Dec 19, 2022 7:18 am
The 'hover-select' setting + the usual 'enter' hit remains a sweet and proven combination.
And what about accepting by double-click?
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me-accept-entry: "MouseDPrimary";
hover-select + MouseDPrimary works fine in rofi, but not in rofi-theme-selector...
But I prefer the 'enter' hit action, it's quick&easy - that I'm familiar with anyway
Re: MXFB Tips n Tricks
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2022 11:00 am
by siamhie
Jerry3904 wrote: Sat Oct 30, 2021 6:50 am
So here's what made me think of this: I often want to turn off the monitor but leave everything else running. A web search quickly gave me code that works:
I mapped it to a free Fn key like this in the keys file:
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# turn off monitor
none F12 :Exec sleep 1 ; xset dpms force off
Excellent tip. When I'm away from the computer, I leave it on but turn of the LED's on the keyboard (fn+F5) but have to reach around the back of the monitor for the power button (thanks HP for it's location). This makes it easier to just select F12 instead.
