-- README for Blackbox 0.62.x - an X11 Window manager
This is the README for Blackbox 0.62.x release.
The source tree for Blackbox is comprised of five subdirectories:
data/ - this holds the default data files that Blackbox
requires for proper operation
doc/ - this holds the documentation files that explain
the various aspects of Blackbox
nls/ - this holds the message files used to generate
message catalogs for different languages
src/ - this holds the actual C++ source code for the window
manager.
util/ - this holds source code for small utility programs
that help Blackbox do what it does best.
Quick Start:
------------
The quickest and easiest way to get Blackbox up and running is to run the
following commands:
# cd blackbox-0.62.x
# ./configure
# make
# su -c 'make install'
This will configure, compile and install Blackbox the quickest. For those
who like to spend the extra 15 seconds reading ./configure --help, some
compile time options can be turned on and off before the build.
For general information on GNU's ./configure, see the file INSTALL.
Configuring Blackbox:
---------------------
The next thing most users want to do after installing Blackbox is to configure
the colors, fonts, menus, etc. to their liking. This is covered by the files
data/README, data/README.menu and data/README.style. These files give
detailed information on how to customize your new window manager.
Included utilities:
-------------------
Currently, the only included utilities are a program named bsetroot and a
script called bsetbg. bsetroot is a replacement for xsetroot, minus a few
options. The difference between xsetroot and bsetroot is that bsetroot has
been coded for multiple screens (e.g. multi-headed displays), where as the
stock xsetroot is not. The bsetbg script acts as a wrapper for most of the
popular programs used to set background pixmaps, making it possible
for styles to provide a machine-independent rootCommand.
Third-party utilities:
----------------------
With the start of the 0.60.x series Blackbox no longer handles any
keyboard shortcuts; instead it supports a communication protocol which
allows other programs to handle these and related tasks. If you'd like
to be able to use keyboard shortcuts with Blackbox, bbkeys (available at
http://http://bbkeys.sourceforge.net) can provide you with all the previous
functionality and more.
If you're looking for a GUI with which to configure your blackbox menu and/or
styles, check out http://bbconf.sourceforge.net. bbconf is a QT program that
does just that, as well as providing a GUI for editing your keybindings for the
above mentioned bbkeys.
Supported Platforms:
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ix86-Linux 2.0.x (libc5 and glibc2)
ix86-Linux 2.1.x (libc5 and glibc2)
ix86-Linux 2.2.x (libc5 and glibc2)
ix86-Linux 2.3.x (glibc2.1)
ix86-FreeBSD 4.0-current
ix86-FreeBSD 3.3-{stable,release}
ix86-FreeBSD 3.2-{stable,release}
ix86-FreeBSD 3.1-{stable,release}
ix86-FreeBSD 2.2.x-stable
ix86-NetBSD 1.3.3
ix86-NetBSD 1.4.1
ix86-OpenBSD 2.6
ix86-BSDi 4.0
PPC-mkLinux (version?)
ix86-Solaris 2.6
Sparc-Solaris 2.6 (2.5 anyone?)
Sparc-Solaris 2.7
ix86-Solaris 7 (== 2.7?)
Alpha-Digital UNIX 4.0D
Alpha-Linux 2.2.x
rs6k-AIX 4.1.3
rs6k-AIX 4.3.2
MIPS-IRIX 6.5 (requires gcc, MIPSpro didn't like some of the template-fu)
ix86-OS/2 (version? recent successes?)
hp9000/715-HP/UX 10.20 (with egcs 1.1.1)
Please email shaleh@debian.org for other success reports.
