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Rofi Menu on hlwm

Build & Maintain Help Across Distinct Desktops- Part 1

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:November 23, 2019
Post category:Dialog Tools tutorials

Because my "remembry" (to quote Winnie the Pooh) is not what it used to be, I have begun a project to make it easier for me to access and remember…

Creating a homogeneous look & feel for multiple window managers- Part 1

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:November 18, 2019
Post category:Distro Respins & Customization Panels & Menus tutorials

This is the first article in a series. Yes, it is possible to create a homogeneous look across multiple window managers (wm). In this series, I will discuss and demonstrate…

Getting BunsenLabs (Lithium) to run on MX19 & antiX19 (a tutorial)

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:October 9, 2019
Post category:antiX Distro Respins & Customization MXLinux OpenBox

For those who are interested in having a version of BunsenLabs (Lithium) running on MX19 and/or antiX19, I have begun work on that task. Right now I have no plans…

Change it up & live on the ‘wilder’ side

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 31, 2019
Post category:xfce

Have you considered building an even more 'custom/unique' xfce4 desktop??? If you want a true signature xfce4 (or gnome or kde or...) desktop, you might consider replacing xfwm (or your…

YAD (Yet Another Dialog) Scripts/ Examples

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 30, 2019
Post category:Dialog Tools

I have to say, I am a fan of Yad (Yet Another Dialog). I use Yad as my primary "dialog tool" (in bspwm) to manage actual work & task functions…

Single workspace tasks shown on tint2 bar (bottom)

Task Management (across Workspaces & across the entire Desktop)

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 8, 2019
Post category:Panels & Menus Tiling Window Managers tutorials

Because I frequently want to know what is active on my current 'workspace,' as well as across all my workspaces, I have enabled and use two tools/approaches: rofi: rofi provides…

Creating Help files & Tools

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 5, 2019
Post category:Tiling Window Managers

I have constructed a help system for use on my MX Linux 18.3 bspwm desktop. As an old guy, I need all the memory help I can get! Also because…

Whiptail (online tutorials etc.)

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 2, 2019
Post category:Dialog Tools tutorials

This list is under development. Please let me know of good online tutorials. A Example of whiptail menu with function Shell scripting adventures (Part 3, Terminal-based dialog boxes: Whiptail) How…

Zenity (online tutorials etc.)

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 2, 2019
Post category:Dialog Tools tutorials

This list is under development. Please let me know of good online tutorials. Zenity - GUI for Shell Scripts Zenity – Creates Graphical (GTK+) Dialog Boxes in Command-line and Shell…

Yad (online tutorials etc.)

Post author:Mark Rabideau
Post published:August 2, 2019
Post category:Dialog Tools tutorials

This list is under development. Please let me know of good online tutorials. YAD (Yet Another Dialog) Multiple-item data entry with YAD YAD- Yet another dialog (Wiki) a detailed Yad…