Blackbox

This is the blackbox-0.77 package, released 2021-05-11. This release, and the latest version, can be obtained from [GitHub][1], using a command such as: Please see the [NEWS][3] file for release notes and history of user visible changes for the current version, and the [ChangeLog][4] file for a more detailed history of implementation changes. The [TODO][5] file lists features not yet implemented and other outstanding items. When working from git(1) , please use this file. An abbreviated installation procedure that works for most applications appears below. This release is published under the MIT/X Consortium license that can be found in the file [LICENSE][8]. This release is published under GPLv3. Please see the license in the file [COPYING][9]. This will configure, compile and install blackbox the quickest. For those who like to spend the extra 15 seconds reading ./configure --help , some compile time options can be turned on and off before the build. Currently, the only included utilities are a program named bsetroot(1) and a script called bsetbg(1) . bsetroot is a replacement for xsetroot(1) , minus a few options. The difference between xsetroot(1) and bsetroot is that bsetroot has been coded for multiple screens (e.g. multi-headed displays), where as the stock xsetroot(1) is not. The bsetbg script acts as a wrapper for most of the popular programs used to set background pixmaps, making it possible for styles to provide a machine-independent rootCommand . With the start of the 0.60.x series blackbox no longer handles any keyboard shortcuts; instead it supports a communication protocol which allows other programs to handle these and related tasks. If you'd like to be able to use keyboard shortcuts with blackbox, [ bbkeys(1) ][13] can provide you with all the previous functionality and more.

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