I need the old statler xfce config files

saneks · 2012-05-19 15:31:13

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)

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 15:51:10

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)

saneks · 2012-05-19 15:54:53

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)

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:01:45

http://minus.com/mbppPHy9pz

that was /etc/skel/.config/xfce4

saneks · 2012-05-19 16:02:10

you are the man. thank you!

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:02:56

^ Nothing to thank for. I hope it does what it promises.

saneks · 2012-05-19 16:14:27

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.

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:23:00

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

saneks · 2012-05-19 16:26:28

^ 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)

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:29:45

http://minus.com/mDhaiUwmi

that's for /etc/xdg/

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:30:47

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)

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:34:22

saneks wrote:

^ 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

saneks · 2012-05-19 16:50:44

what does the stuff in /etc/xdg/ do? I see no difference in the panel.

machinebacon · 2012-05-19 16:56:01

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

---

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)

pvsage · 2012-05-19 18:06:20

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)

VastOne · 2012-05-19 18:48:08

^ That here link you have posted is already broken? Or at least for me.

pvsage · 2012-05-19 18:53:41

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.

Last edited by pvsage (2012-05-19 18:57:38)

VastOne · 2012-05-19 18:56:22

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