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Rofi Menu on hlwm

Build & Maintain Help Across Distinct Desktops- Part 1

Post author:ManyRoads
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:ManyRoads
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…

Single workspace tasks shown on tint2 bar (bottom)

Task Management (across Workspaces & across the entire Desktop)

Post author:ManyRoads
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…

Whiptail (online tutorials etc.)

Post author:ManyRoads
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:ManyRoads
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:ManyRoads
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…

Building a bspwm desktop (a guide)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:July 20, 2019
Post category:Knowledgebase Tiling Window Managers tutorials

This posting will be/is superseded, in large part, by the following series: An adventure creating a single user environment with 4 desktops. Let me begin by noting that there are…

Convert antiX to an XFCE4 based Distro (a tutorial)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:June 13, 2019
Post category:antiX tutorials

To begin, install a recent antiX per normal procedure (I used and tested this tutorial on antiX19alpha2 version; this may work with previous 17.4 versions, as well). Once you have…

Creating an Xfce4 Thunar Custom Action (Tutorial)

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:June 13, 2019
Post category:Thunar tutorials

Image Conversion Function(s) The following Thunar Custom Actions require that you have imagemagick installed. Here are the commands for each. To Convert jpg to png; the action command is: To…

MXLinux/ LXQT-kwin11 spin

Post author:ManyRoads
Post published:October 16, 2018
Post category:Knowledgebase Open Source tutorials

Hello all. I just completed building a new MXLinux/ LXQT-kwin11 spin/ install. I have stripped out most, if not all, xfce4 related materials. I may have deleted a bit more…