Cygwin Resources
Here I provide some cygwin binary packages for blackbox.
Blackbox 0.70.1 binary tarball
Download blackbox-0.70.1.tar.bz2 (2.2Mb)
Extract
tar -xvjf blackbox-0.70.1.tar.bz2 -C /
Edit ~/.xinitrc and add blackbox to your the file. In my case this is the only line in my file.
blackbox
Edit /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
defaultserverargs="-multiwindow -clipboard"
to
defaultserverargs="-clipboard"
Fire it up (via startx) and you should see this
Warning: I had to disable Unicode fonts in blackbox to get it working with cygwin. I have no idea why, but if blackbox tries to use unicode fonts all you get is boxes instead of the correct font renderings.
Blackbox 0.65.0 binary tarball
Blackbox is very lightweight and quick, forget Gnome or KDE. Blackbox and fluxbox are very similar and I normally use one or the other. At the moment fluxbox does not compile under Cygwin.
You can download Blackbox 0.65.0 compiled for cygwin blackbox-0.65.0.tar.bz2 which is 1.062Mb.
Fluxbox 1.0.0 binary tarball
I have built fluxbox for cygwin and tested it on 2 PCs now. I felt I should share it. Heres how to install it.
Firstly you should install cygwin and xorg-base for cygwin.com
Download the fluxbox 1.0.0 tar bz2 file and extract the file into cygwins root.
tar -xvjf fluxbox-1.0.0.tar.bz2 -C /
Now add fluxbox to your ~/.xinitrc file. Mine contains just the one line
fluxbox
Dont forget to ensure the defaultserverargs value in the /usr/X11R6/bin/startx file doesnt have the multiwindow argument. I.e change the line
defaultserverargs="-multiwindow -clipboard"
to
defaultserverargs="-clipboard"
You should get something like this once you run startx
XModMap German
Here is the .xmodmap for a German keyboard. Xmodmap-de.html
BitchX
BitchX also provides binary version for Cygwin. BitchX
Comments
Rick
So how does one disable Unicode in blackbox?
Neil
I had to change line 161 in lib/Unicode.cc file.
mine now reads
static bool has_unicode = false;
I.e the block looks like this.
bool bt::hasUnicode() {
static bool has_unicode = false;
static bool done = false;
if (done)
return has_unicode;
metaperl
Thanks for the blackbox cygwin binary. You rock!
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I had a lot of trouble with utbox, spaflciceliy with a font that got corrupted after installing utbox. I also didn't like that it didn't come with a script to cleanly uninstall it. Ultimately, it wasn't that difficult to remove, but the font problem took a while to resolve. Definitely not production-ready .
MCSTN
Just 3 comments:
- BB4Win = Blackbox for windows (no Cygwin necessary) http://www.bb4win.org/news.php
- I've seen your panoramic (nice) pics. My comment is: there is only 2 ski resorts in France; Chamonix and La Meige ;-)
- Nice site thanks!