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Just installed xfce and it looks butt-ugly by default. could anyone post the config files that made the last crunchbang xfce (feb 2011?) so beautyful? I tweaked some things, but it is still ugly as hell. I really like to have tint2 and all the crunchbangy goodness that have been included in the last xfce release -
I guess it's faster to copy that good old configs over than setting up everything by myself - and a nice resource for crunchbang xfce fans..
edit:
what I did until now:
messed up the taskbar - it doesnt stretch anymore. I don't mind. but cant get it black or transparent.
for having it statler'ish, I threw everything out except and battery/network/clipboard icon.. still looks ugly. but guess I can have them in tint2 as well?
enabled tint2, made a 2nd xfce bar for only the menu button, have that bottom left. tint2 sits beside it.
disabled icons on the desktop (voila: good old right-click menu is there)
have to do the keybinds, change the tint2 config..
have to find nice monochrome icons and a decent window decoration.
still happy if someone could post the old configs, that could save a lot of time.
Last edited by saneks (2012-05-20 09:36:03)
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Take this, I guess:
cp -R /etc/skel/.config/* ~/.config/
And say good bye to the old configs. You've been warned.
Or simply visit /etc/skel/ and look around
Ah I see, you're not on the original XFCE #! version.... Lemme check that for you
Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-19 15:52:00)
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no, I use nov 2011 openbox. but I want xfce for a guest account.
how do I get rid of the in/temp/video/music folders on the desktop? either I disable all, or I see home and allthe contents of home. just the home folder would be enough, for the moment I disabled all, but for my guest account the home-folder icon and a files-on desktop behaviour would be nice.
thanks.
too bad corenominal chose to go openbox-only. the xfce setup was awesome. (it really incredible how ugly the xfce4 default desktop looks like - boy, this wallpaper is ridiculous!)
Last edited by saneks (2012-05-19 16:01:49)
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that was /etc/skel/.config/xfce4
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you are the man. thank you!
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^ Nothing to thank for. I hope it does what it promises.
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not everything.. maybe my memory failed on me.. but was here always the xfce taskbar in the the statler xfce version? I remember a mix between tint 2 and the xfce bar.. also the statler theme seems to be missing, I have blue window decoration (needless to say: ugly) - also the margins for rightclick menu are missing. still needs some tinkering.. but thanks for your effort. this way I have the keybinds and all that. the icons are okay as well.
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Ah I guess this one is mising:
/etc/xdg/xfce4/panel/default.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<channel name="xfce4-panel" version="1.0">
<property name="panels" type="uint" value="2">
<property name="panel-0" type="empty">
<property name="position" type="string" value="p=6;x=0;y=0"/>
<property name="length" type="uint" value="100"/>
<property name="position-locked" type="bool" value="true"/>
<property name="plugin-ids" type="array">
<value type="int" value="1"/>
<value type="int" value="2"/>
<value type="int" value="3"/>
<value type="int" value="4"/>
<value type="int" value="5"/>
<value type="int" value="6"/>
</property>
</property>
<property name="panel-1" type="empty">
<property name="position" type="string" value="p=10;x=0;y=0"/>
<property name="size" type="uint" value="40"/>
<property name="position-locked" type="bool" value="true"/>
<property name="plugin-ids" type="array">
<value type="int" value="7"/>
<value type="int" value="8"/>
<value type="int" value="9"/>
<value type="int" value="10"/>
<value type="int" value="11"/>
<value type="int" value="12"/>
<value type="int" value="13"/>
<value type="int" value="14"/>
</property>
</property>
</property>
<property name="plugins" type="empty">
<property name="plugin-1" type="string" value="applicationsmenu"/>
<property name="plugin-2" type="string" value="actions"/>
<property name="plugin-3" type="string" value="tasklist"/>
<property name="plugin-4" type="string" value="pager"/>
<property name="plugin-5" type="string" value="clock"/>
<property name="plugin-6" type="string" value="systray"/>
<property name="plugin-7" type="string" value="showdesktop"/>
<property name="plugin-8" type="string" value="separator"/>
<property name="plugin-9" type="string" value="launcher">
<property name="items" type="array">
<value type="string" value="exo-terminal-emulator.desktop"/>
</property>
</property>
<property name="plugin-10" type="string" value="launcher">
<property name="items" type="array">
<value type="string" value="exo-file-manager.desktop"/>
</property>
</property>
<property name="plugin-11" type="string" value="launcher">
<property name="items" type="array">
<value type="string" value="exo-web-browser.desktop"/>
</property>
</property>
<property name="plugin-12" type="string" value="launcher">
<property name="items" type="array">
<value type="string" value="xfce4-appfinder.desktop"/>
</property>
</property>
<property name="plugin-13" type="string" value="separator"/>
<property name="plugin-14" type="string" value="directorymenu"/>
</property>
</channel>
Copy this, I keep on searching for other parts which were not in .config
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^ do I copy this in home/.config/xfce4?
ahaha.. I remember.. dmenu does not work in xfce (or only sometimes) - and for some strange reason the calender on the clock autostarts and won't close. but there is still a statler window decoration.
Last edited by saneks (2012-05-19 16:27:49)
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that's for /etc/xdg/
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Simply ignore #8 and load the file in #10 which you extract as root into /etc/xdg/ (it will create a path named xfce4 with subfolders)
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^ do I copy this in home/.config/xfce4?
ahaha.. I remember.. dmenu does not work in xfce (or only sometimes) - and for some strange reason the calender on the clock autostarts and won't close. but there is still a statler window decoration.
Yeah, dmenu... I have assigned shortcuts and everything, but it somehow doesn't want to store the setting. I think this has something to do with xfce4-session (helper?). And I even think that was a bug in old 4.6 and got fixed (?)
By the way, the themes you get from the statler repos, search like this:
apt-cache search crunchbang
apt-cache search crunchbang
statler-ui-theme - default theme for CrunchBang Statler
crunchbang-keyring - APT archive key for CrunchBang repository
crunchbang-extra-themes - Additional GTK+ and Openbox themes.
crunchbang-bin-scripts - various bin scripts for use with CrunchBang
crunchbang-multi-session - metapackage for installing CrunchBang Openbox and Xfce sessions
crunchbang-openbox-packages - metapackage for installing CrunchBang Openbox packages
crunchbang-xfce-packages - metapackage for installing CrunchBang Xfce packages
crunchbang-configs - config files for CrunchBang Linux
crunchbang-wallpapers - A selection of wallpapers
statler-icon-theme - statler icon themes
The bold ones will regulate
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what does the stuff in /etc/xdg/ do? I see no difference in the panel.
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These are the fallbacks:
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
Specifies a colon-separated list of system directories in which
to search for configuration data. If this environment variable
is not present, it defaults to /etc/xdg
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Saneks, I think that's really all. I don't find anything else. You should create a new user (just to test) and see if the new XFCE4-session looks like Statler. Of course the /etc/xdg doesn't do anything on your current setup, because your current uses ~/.config/xfce4
So later in the new user's .config/xfce4 you can copy the relevant files to your actual user's ~/.config/xfce4.
Last edited by machinebacon (2012-05-19 17:01:53)
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By the way...remember when Philip changed the domain for the Statler repo? The older XFCE-specific packages are still available here, but I have no idea how much longer they'll be left up...I'm sure Papanominal will want that disk space back eventually.
EDIT: fixed link.
Last edited by pvsage (2012-05-19 18:51:49)
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Sorry about that - I must have middle-clicked when I meant to Ctrl-v. T3h auld Linux copy-pasta selection-vs-clipboard thing. Fixed now.
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